Poster question

The Camaros Hood
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How many folks just collect prints from gigs they e attended vs buy prints they like? Personally I don’t see a reason to own a print from a show I didn’t attend. It just has no meaning to me. It doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate other prints and their beauty. I just can’t justify it. Also I think it helps keep my inventory down to a reasonable level. I’ve only seen 15 PJ shows and even that has made my collection quite big. Hell Boston ‘16 & ‘18 produced what, 11 prints? That’s a lot for 4 shows I saw. Not to mention other bands I see and prints from their shows. Now if I could only get my white whale…Dallas ‘98 ~ Single Slushy Theory.
Austin, TX - 9/16/95 ~ Charleston, SC - 10/5/96 ~ Dallas, TX - 7/5/98 ~ San Antonio, TX - 4/5/03 ~ Denver, CO - 7/2/06 ~ EV - LA #2 - 4/13/08 ~ Austin, TX - 10/4/09 ~ Los Angeles, CA #1 - 11/23/13 ~ Los Angeles, CA #2 - 11/24/13 ~ Seattle, WA - 12/6/13 ~ NYC #1 - 5/1/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 8/5/16 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 8/7/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/2/18 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/4/18 ~ Louisville, KY - 9/17/22 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #1 - 9/13/23 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #2 - 9/15/23 ~ Austin, Texas #1 - 9/18/23 ~ Austin, Texas #2 - 9/19/23 ~ NYC #2 - 9/4/24 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/15/24 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/17/24 ~ Atlanta, GA #2 - 5/1/25
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I only COLLECT prints for shows I attend. But I have to BUY prints for shows I didn't attend as tradebait for the shows I did attend. It's a vicious cycle.0
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philobeddoe said:I only COLLECT prints for shows I attend. But I have to BUY prints for shows I didn't attend as tradebait for the shows I did attend. It's a vicious cycle.Austin, TX - 9/16/95 ~ Charleston, SC - 10/5/96 ~ Dallas, TX - 7/5/98 ~ San Antonio, TX - 4/5/03 ~ Denver, CO - 7/2/06 ~ EV - LA #2 - 4/13/08 ~ Austin, TX - 10/4/09 ~ Los Angeles, CA #1 - 11/23/13 ~ Los Angeles, CA #2 - 11/24/13 ~ Seattle, WA - 12/6/13 ~ NYC #1 - 5/1/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 8/5/16 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 8/7/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/2/18 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/4/18 ~ Louisville, KY - 9/17/22 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #1 - 9/13/23 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #2 - 9/15/23 ~ Austin, Texas #1 - 9/18/23 ~ Austin, Texas #2 - 9/19/23 ~ NYC #2 - 9/4/24 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/15/24 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/17/24 ~ Atlanta, GA #2 - 5/1/250
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I was like that til Emek Chief. if I'm at a show with meh poster I won't get it. With higher prices, shipping, full stash...I'm easing up on collecting. They are fun to bust out, smell and dive into. It's hard to fully appreciate the details from a picture.
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I used to be the same and only bought for attended shows (all U.K. based). But I got fed up with having rubbish prints - only had one great one (EV Mumford Bridge 17), a few average ones and then loads of stinkers. London Deathburger 2018 was the final straw. From that point I just bought and framed what I liked so now have some of my favourite prints from the last 15 years in my collection and framed. I mean how could you frame an attended show print like the Deathburger over a beauty like the Sperry Leopard. Doesn’t matter to me that I didn’t do to the São Paulo show.Post edited by drfox on0
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I've always purchased any posters I liked, once I started buying. (2009 ish) wish I was a buyer going back to 93, first show. I'd have a much better collection!
Have a lot of posters (nothing compared to some here, but crazy compared to normal people) and I only buy ones I really love since the pandemic.
Pre pandemic I bought most of them, some to keep, some to trade, some to give away, and even some to sell for fund raisers. (One of the ones I am looking for now is the Klausen Milton Keynes...a poster I've had 2x and given away both times. One to be auctioned for a good cause and the other to a friend here, whose daughter is named Chloe, and who wanted to gift it to her.)
So now i only purchase Klausens that I like (which, is most), Coopers whenever he does one, and then the occasional poster that grabs me.
I can understand people only wanting posters from shows they go to, but cannot understand people who scoff at collectors of the posters as art. One doesn't have to go to a show to love the bootleg. Certainly one doesn't have to go to a show to love the art.Post edited by F Me In The Brain onThe love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
Also 2011 Vancouver killed the idea that I should buy posters from shows I attend as a mandatory. That shit stayed tubed....I may still have it. Never made it to portfolio and certainly won't make it on the wall!Post edited by F Me In The Brain onThe love he receives is the love that is saved0
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We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
"I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."
Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24
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I only buy from shows I attend and only if I like the print.Post edited by mcgruff10 onI'll ride the wave where it takes me......0
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mpedone said:We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
You can more easily (and safely) look at them than other storage methods I've seen.The love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
F Me In The Brain said:mpedone said:We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
You can more easily (and safely) look at them than other storage methods I've seen.Austin, TX - 9/16/95 ~ Charleston, SC - 10/5/96 ~ Dallas, TX - 7/5/98 ~ San Antonio, TX - 4/5/03 ~ Denver, CO - 7/2/06 ~ EV - LA #2 - 4/13/08 ~ Austin, TX - 10/4/09 ~ Los Angeles, CA #1 - 11/23/13 ~ Los Angeles, CA #2 - 11/24/13 ~ Seattle, WA - 12/6/13 ~ NYC #1 - 5/1/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 8/5/16 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 8/7/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/2/18 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/4/18 ~ Louisville, KY - 9/17/22 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #1 - 9/13/23 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #2 - 9/15/23 ~ Austin, Texas #1 - 9/18/23 ~ Austin, Texas #2 - 9/19/23 ~ NYC #2 - 9/4/24 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/15/24 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/17/24 ~ Atlanta, GA #2 - 5/1/250 -
The Camaros Hood said:F Me In The Brain said:mpedone said:We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
You can more easily (and safely) look at them than other storage methods I've seen.The love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
F Me In The Brain said:The Camaros Hood said:F Me In The Brain said:mpedone said:We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
You can more easily (and safely) look at them than other storage methods I've seen.
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GlowGirl said:F Me In The Brain said:The Camaros Hood said:F Me In The Brain said:mpedone said:We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
You can more easily (and safely) look at them than other storage methods I've seen.Austin, TX - 9/16/95 ~ Charleston, SC - 10/5/96 ~ Dallas, TX - 7/5/98 ~ San Antonio, TX - 4/5/03 ~ Denver, CO - 7/2/06 ~ EV - LA #2 - 4/13/08 ~ Austin, TX - 10/4/09 ~ Los Angeles, CA #1 - 11/23/13 ~ Los Angeles, CA #2 - 11/24/13 ~ Seattle, WA - 12/6/13 ~ NYC #1 - 5/1/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 8/5/16 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 8/7/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/2/18 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/4/18 ~ Louisville, KY - 9/17/22 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #1 - 9/13/23 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #2 - 9/15/23 ~ Austin, Texas #1 - 9/18/23 ~ Austin, Texas #2 - 9/19/23 ~ NYC #2 - 9/4/24 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/15/24 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/17/24 ~ Atlanta, GA #2 - 5/1/250 -
GlowGirl said:F Me In The Brain said:The Camaros Hood said:F Me In The Brain said:mpedone said:We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
You can more easily (and safely) look at them than other storage methods I've seen.The love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
I remember getting my ear pierced there as a kid I think. Also trying to pocket a bunch of iron maiden pins, seeing someone was watching me, and slowly putting them back. Dumb kid move!0
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The Camaros Hood said:GlowGirl said:F Me In The Brain said:The Camaros Hood said:F Me In The Brain said:mpedone said:We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
You can more easily (and safely) look at them than other storage methods I've seen.It’s only around $14000 -
drfox said:I used to be the same and only bought for attended shows (all U.K. based). But I got fed up with having rubbish prints - only had one great one (EV Mumford Bridge 17), a few average ones and then loads of stinkers. London Deathburger 2018 was the final straw. From that point I just bought and framed what I liked so now have some of my favourite prints from the last 15 years in my collection and framed. I mean how could you frame an attended show print like the Deathburger over a beauty like the Sperry Leopard. Doesn’t matter to me that I didn’t do to the São Paulo show.0
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GlowGirl said:The Camaros Hood said:GlowGirl said:F Me In The Brain said:The Camaros Hood said:F Me In The Brain said:mpedone said:We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
You can more easily (and safely) look at them than other storage methods I've seen.It’s only around $1400Austin, TX - 9/16/95 ~ Charleston, SC - 10/5/96 ~ Dallas, TX - 7/5/98 ~ San Antonio, TX - 4/5/03 ~ Denver, CO - 7/2/06 ~ EV - LA #2 - 4/13/08 ~ Austin, TX - 10/4/09 ~ Los Angeles, CA #1 - 11/23/13 ~ Los Angeles, CA #2 - 11/24/13 ~ Seattle, WA - 12/6/13 ~ NYC #1 - 5/1/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 8/5/16 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 8/7/16 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/2/18 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/4/18 ~ Louisville, KY - 9/17/22 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #1 - 9/13/23 ~ Ft. Worth, TX #2 - 9/15/23 ~ Austin, Texas #1 - 9/18/23 ~ Austin, Texas #2 - 9/19/23 ~ NYC #2 - 9/4/24 ~ Boston, MA #1 - 9/15/24 ~ Boston, MA #2 - 9/17/24 ~ Atlanta, GA #2 - 5/1/250 -
F Me In The Brain said:mpedone said:We definitely do both, as there are some amazing works of art out there. We tend to only buy posters of bands we actually listen to (for example, 311 has some AMAZING posters, but we're not into them, so we don't buy them). Pearl Jam, DMB, Pixies, Foo Fighters Death Cab For Cutie, and a few others, though, we do. When FF played San Jose a few years ago, and the poster was a mock-up of a Super Nintendo box, I had to get an AP.
We are reaching a saturation point, though, where we have way more posters than wall space. I have a couple projects to get to first, but I'm hoping that for Christmas, I can build my partner a flat-file storage system, so that we can stash our posters in there, and pull them out from time to time. Maybe I'll also through together a couple of frames (we have *some* wall space left).
You can more easily (and safely) look at them than other storage methods I've seen.
"I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."
Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24
"He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
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Just sold 54 posters going back to 95. Kept a select few that include shows I attended and others I like for the art. Getting rid of all things I have not looked at or used in the last ten years.0
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