Ames Bros Archive Sale

bigbiggzy
bigbiggzy Posts: 846
in The Porch
I completely missed out on the Merriweather 1998 Poster (my 1st show)…

Did anybody score one? 

Really curious…If so - how much were they goin for on Ames?

Anyone willing to sell? 😆🙏

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  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,108
    Try this thread for more responses. 

    1996: Randall's Island 2  1998: East Rutherford | MSG 1 & 2  2000: Cincinnati | Columbus | Jones Beach 1, 2, & 3 | Boston 1 | Camden 1 & 2 2003: Philadelphia | Uniondale | MSG 1 & 2 | Holmdel  2005: Atlantic City 1  2006: Camden 1 | East Rutherford 1 & 2 2008: Camden 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 (#25) | Newark (EV)  2009: Philadelphia 1, 2 & 4  2010: Newark | MSG 1 & 2  2011: Toronto 1  2013: Wrigley Field | Brooklyn 2 | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore  2015: Central Park  2016: Philadelphia 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Fenway Park 2 | MSG (TOTD)  2017: Brooklyn (RnR HOF)  2020: MSG | Asbury Park  2021: Asbury Park  2022: MSG | Camden | Nashville  2024: MSG 1 & 2 (#50) | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore  2025: Raleigh 2


  • bigbiggzy
    bigbiggzy Posts: 846
    Thank you. 

    I should’ve looked harder! 🙏 
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,323


    The sale begins Tuesday, October 14th around 10AMish PST, and wraps up end-of-day on October 15th. 


  • crashing88
    crashing88 Posts: 296
    edited November 19
    Here's what went up today (11/18):
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Amsterdam Regular Edition - $2000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Berlin Regular Edition - $1700
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Hamburg Regular Edition - $1700
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Istanbul 2XL Poster - Home Show Edition - $450
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Istanbul Regular Edition - $2000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Portugal Regular Edition - $2000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Prague Show Edition - $5000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Rome Show Edition - $2500
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Spain Regular Edition - $2000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Zurich Show Edition - $2600
    1997 - Pearl Jam - Oakland Show Edition - $3000
    2000 - Pearl Jam - Seattle Regular Edition - $300
    2004 - Ted Leo Seattle Regular Edition - $25
    2008 - The Decemberists Seattle Regular Edition - $25
    2009 - Pearl Jam - Melbourne Regular Edition - $200
    2011 - Pearl Jam - Lima Peru Regular Edition - $175
    2011 - Pearl Jam - São Paulo Regular Edition - $275
    2011 - Pearl Jam - São Paulo Variant - $400
    2013 - Pearl Jam - New Orleans Regular Edition - $250
    2013 - Pearl Jam - New Orleans Variant - $375
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City  El Demonio Variant - $450
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City Ed Ved Variant - $850
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City El Jefe Variant - $450
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City El Rayo Variant - $450
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City Profeso Variant - $450
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City Regular Edition - $250
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - Los Angeles Regular Edition - $275
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - Los Angeles Variant - $325
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - San Francisco Regular Edition - $350
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - San Francisco Variant - $375
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - Seattle Regular Edition - $150
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - Seattle Variant - $300
    2018 - Metallica - Las Vegas Blood on Red Metallic Silver Variant - $275
    2018 - Metallica - Las Vegas Wrath of Montecore Silver Chrome Variant - $325
    2024 - Pearl Jam - Auckland Glow-In-The-Dark Variant - $250
    2024 - Pearl Jam - Auckland Rainbow Foil Variant - $250
    2024 - Pearl Jam - Auckland Regular Artist Edition - $125
  • ekwipt
    ekwipt Vancouver Posts: 1,119
    Auckland foil and gitd still sitting 👀 
  • More Coffee
    More Coffee Posts: 644
    I went to shows in '96, and '98, but didn't buy the posters.  I didn't start to actively collect posters from the shows I attended until 2000.  The hobby blew up between 2000-2003.  It got crazy.  Things have really settled down now.  I don't know if the interest in the hobby is dying, or if it's cyclical.  It doesn't really matter to me.  I still love it and get a charge out of it.  I love this band.  I love the vintage items associated with their history.  The posters from 1996 and 1998 are phenomenal markers of an amazing time as a fan.  I'm super happy to be in a position now to add some of the gems I've coveted over the years.  I've been taking full advantage of these Ames sales and it's been great.      
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  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,110
    More Coffee said:
    I went to shows in '96, and '98, but didn't buy the posters.  I didn't start to actively collect posters from the shows I attended until 2000.  The hobby blew up between 2000-2003.  It got crazy.  Things have really settled down now.  I don't know if the interest in the hobby is dying, or if it's cyclical.  It doesn't really matter to me.  I still love it and get a charge out of it.  I love this band.  I love the vintage items associated with their history.  The posters from 1996 and 1998 are phenomenal markers of an amazing time as a fan.  I'm super happy to be in a position now to add some of the gems I've coveted over the years.  I've been taking full advantage of these Ames sales and it's been great.      
    @More Coffee Sooooo, I checked this thread just because and read your post and it made do an ebay check on the poster from my first show, which has always been a bit pricey for me and whaddya know, I just bought it at a much lower price then I've ever seen. So, thanks for that! :lol:
    Randall's Island 9/29/96, Continental Arena 9/8/98, MSG 9/10/98, Jones Beach 8/23/00, 8/24/00, 8/25/00, Nassau Coliseum 4/30/03, MSG 7/8/03, 7/9/03, Continental Arena 6/1/06, 6/3/06, MSG 6/24/08, 6/25/08, Spectrum 10/30/09, 10/31/09, MSG 5/20/10, 5/21/10, PJ20 9/3/11, 9/4/11, Charlottesville 10/29/13, Charlotte 10/30/13, Global Citizen 9/26/15, Raleigh 4/20/16 Baltimore 3/28/20 Austin 9/18/23, 9/19/23, Forum 5/21/24, Baltimore 9/12/24, Fenway 9/17/24, Nashville 5/6/25, 5/8/25
  • huntersthompson
    huntersthompson Posts: 1,078
    edited November 20
    Crazy seeing the Oakland 1997 that I have selling for $3000....
    A little history on that poster:  PJ was the opener for the Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon tour...four nights (Nov 14, 15, 18, 19) --- 186,000 tickets sold for the four nights (Wikipedia).  Only 300 PJ Ames posters made...if my math is correct, the people (at one poster per person) who could by a PJ poster represented 0.16% of the attendees.  Add to the posters rarity the fact that it rained like hell on at least two of the nights (including the night that I purchased the poster--where I had to roll the poster - no tube - and keep it under my rain coat)....Full disclosure: I went to see Pearl Jam and watched the Rolling Stones :)  
    I sincerely doubt that 200 posters survived to be hung on walls or stored in tubes....
    Post edited by huntersthompson on
  • crashing88
    crashing88 Posts: 296
    crashing88 said:
    Here's what went up today (11/18):
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Amsterdam Regular Edition - $2000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Berlin Regular Edition - $1700
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Hamburg Regular Edition - $1700
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Istanbul 2XL Poster - Home Show Edition - $450
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Istanbul Regular Edition - $2000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Portugal Regular Edition - $2000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Prague Show Edition - $5000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Rome Show Edition - $2500
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Spain Regular Edition - $2000
    1996 - Pearl Jam - Zurich Show Edition - $2600
    1997 - Pearl Jam - Oakland Show Edition - $3000
    2000 - Pearl Jam - Seattle Regular Edition - $300
    2004 - Ted Leo Seattle Regular Edition - $25
    2008 - The Decemberists Seattle Regular Edition - $25
    2009 - Pearl Jam - Melbourne Regular Edition - $200
    2011 - Pearl Jam - Lima Peru Regular Edition - $175
    2011 - Pearl Jam - São Paulo Regular Edition - $275
    2011 - Pearl Jam - São Paulo Variant - $400
    2013 - Pearl Jam - New Orleans Regular Edition - $250
    2013 - Pearl Jam - New Orleans Variant - $375
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City  El Demonio Variant - $450
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City Ed Ved Variant - $850
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City El Jefe Variant - $450
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City El Rayo Variant - $450
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City Profeso Variant - $450
    2015 - Pearl Jam - Mexico City Regular Edition - $250
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - Los Angeles Regular Edition - $275
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - Los Angeles Variant - $325
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - San Francisco Regular Edition - $350
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - San Francisco Variant - $375
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - Seattle Regular Edition - $150
    2016 - Temple of the Dog - Seattle Variant - $300
    2018 - Metallica - Las Vegas Blood on Red Metallic Silver Variant - $275
    2018 - Metallica - Las Vegas Wrath of Montecore Silver Chrome Variant - $325
    2024 - Pearl Jam - Auckland Glow-In-The-Dark Variant - $250
    2024 - Pearl Jam - Auckland Rainbow Foil Variant - $250
    2024 - Pearl Jam - Auckland Regular Artist Edition - $125
    Nothing new went up yesterday.
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,702
    I got the Sao Paulo variant in a 10Club mystery sale a few years ago.
  • More Coffee
    More Coffee Posts: 644
    ...and 29 years later, this one's home.  This is an awesome poster.  It was my 4th show.  


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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,358
    edited December 4
    More Coffee said:
    ...and 29 years later, this one's home.  This is an awesome poster.  It was my 4th show.  


    I was at that show. I really need to get that poster. I love it. 
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,358
    GlowGirl said:
    More Coffee said:
    ...and 29 years later, this one's home.  This is an awesome poster.  It was my 4th show.  


    I was at that show. I really need to get that poster. I love it. 
    Make a small copy and frame it up. It is a beauty.  As per ames book EV didn't say a word when he saw him working on this and show posters pulled. Book said he was mad.  Or perhaps he liked it so much, loss for words, he kept them all for friends and family. EVs silence leaves it open to interpretation. Maybe mermaid was a little more exposed when he saw it. Also show print runs were kind of small back then I think. Maybe they 'fell off the truck' on the way to the show. Maybe I'm overthinking this!

    Anyway. 
    Great score!!

  • More Coffee
    More Coffee Posts: 644
    It's a really cool size too.  I like how the older posters were all over the place regarding size.  It definitely keeps things interesting when framing and displaying them.  I remember seeing these sold from a card table setup along side of the parking area where the line (long) formed to enter the venue.  It took forever to get in.  I think my friend and I were walking in just as the band took the stage.   
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,358
    More Coffee said:
    It's a really cool size too.  I like how the older posters were all over the place regarding size.  It definitely keeps things interesting when framing and displaying them.  I remember seeing these sold from a card table setup along side of the parking area where the line (long) formed to enter the venue.  It took forever to get in.  I think my friend and I were walking in just as the band took the stage.   
    Ok. Interesting info. So the posters were not pulled. Cool.
  • Velvet Jones
    Velvet Jones Posts: 44
    huntersthompson said:
    Crazy seeing the Oakland 1997 that I have selling for $3000....
    A little history on that poster:  PJ was the opener for the Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon tour...four nights (Nov 14, 15, 18, 19) --- 186,000 tickets sold for the four nights (Wikipedia).  Only 300 PJ Ames posters made...if my math is correct, the people (at one poster per person) who could by a PJ poster represented 0.16% of the attendees.  Add to the posters rarity the fact that it rained like hell on at least two of the nights (including the night that I purchased the poster--where I had to roll the poster - no tube - and keep it under my rain coat)....Full disclosure: I went to see Pearl Jam and watched the Rolling Stones :)  
    I sincerely doubt that 200 posters survived to be hung on walls or stored in tubes....

    I was @ the same show on the 18th, still have the beanie i purchased. .. however, sold a hideous polyester shirt on ebay that I impulsively bought!! I think I wore once. 

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