whats the story with this poster

NoGrapesNoGrapes Posts: 50
edited April 2008 in The Porch
the poster from 2000 Pittsburg the "MISSING LINK". is it an official poster? i was at the show and i don't remember it. i have a vage remembrance of reading something but my lousy memory is...lousy
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    i dont know which one you mean. link? i know the go cart speedway 2000 pitts was never sold, due to pittsburg:) being spelled incorrectly.
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  • NoGrapesNoGrapes Posts: 50
    i hate to use ebay as a link. you are correct it is that poster. if never sold any idea how there is some out there?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/PEARL-JAM-2000-PITTSBURG-MISSING-LINK-PITTSBURGH-POSTER_W0QQitemZ370045312284QQihZ024QQcategoryZ104990QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
  • PJ_LukinPJ_Lukin Posts: 2,050
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  • NoGrapesNoGrapes Posts: 50
    thanks!
  • zolsticezolstice Posts: 60
    Pittsburgh was one of three shows that tour (Chicago was another, and I believe Atlanta but don't quote me on that) that did not have a poster created for the show (not sure why). After the fact, about a year later I believe, a collective of poster artists (I believe that's what "Missing Link" refers to, what the artists called themselves) created posters for these shows, and offered them to people on the AMES bros mailing list (I believe one of them may have been associated with Ames somehow, and thats how they got access to the mailing list). All this was done without authorization from the band to create the posters for the old shows. When the band found out about this, they asked the artists to not send out anymore posters. However some orders had already been sent out. That's how some of the posters are out there (I think its only something like 50 posters max for each city, or maybe its 50 posters total) which is why when they surface for sale they go for so much money.
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  • PJ_LukinPJ_Lukin Posts: 2,050
    zolstice wrote:
    Pittsburgh was one of three shows that tour (Chicago was another, and I believe Atlanta but don't quote me on that) that did not have a poster created for the show (not sure why). After the fact, about a year later I believe, a collective of poster artists (I believe that's what "Missing Link" refers to, what the artists called themselves) created posters for these shows, and offered them to people on the AMES bros mailing list (I believe one of them may have been associated with Ames somehow, and thats how they got access to the mailing list). All this was done without authorization from the band to create the posters for the old shows. When the band found out about this, they asked the artists to not send out anymore posters. However some orders had already been sent out. That's how some of the posters are out there (I think its only something like 50 posters max for each city, or maybe its 50 posters total) which is why when they surface for sale they go for so much money.
    ebeans says 125.
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  • dangerboydangerboy Posts: 1,569
    PJ_Lukin wrote:
    ebeans says 125.

    dang you fixed that quick

    125 of each, and maybe 50 of each were sold


    ebay isn't evil people are


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  • PJ_LukinPJ_Lukin Posts: 2,050
    I knew it was 125 but typed 175 for some reason.
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  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,481
    Rare or not, that is a horrible looking poster.
  • dangerboydangerboy Posts: 1,569
    i think it's fucking awesome. not a thousand bucks awesome, but it kicks ass nonetheless


    ebay isn't evil people are


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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    definitely one of my very favorite posters! would like to see future posters recall that style of vintage advertising!

    hopefully im wealthy enough to get one of those someday :D
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