Holy Grail of PJ Posters.....

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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    My grail, and one of the top posters(even though its mainly NY)
    Feel free to start a collection for me.

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    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • primussucks
    primussucks Posts: 2,365
    jimed14 wrote:
    Recently acquired what I think is the finest PJ poster ... while there are 450 of them, it's considered a grail by many ...

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    To my knowledge, only 50 of these were made and for a Bay Area PJ fan, this is a must if you can find it ...

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    Both of these are heading to the framer soon.
    It's this one!!! The Kozik PJ SG. 450 made in 1992 so how many still exist and how many are still in pretty good condition? Its a beautiful poster! Very bright colors!
    Summerfest 7/8/95
    Missoula 6/20/98
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
    Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
    Champaign 4/23/03
    Alpine Valley 6/21/03
    Missoula 8/29/05
    Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
    Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
    Tampa 6/12/08
    Chicago 8/23/09
    Indy 5/7/10
    Alpine Valley x2 2011
    Wrigley 2013
    Milwaukee 14
    Telluride 16
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    Off topic but I stumbled upon him on expressobeans looking up some of the posters you've all mentioned. Have you guys heard of Aaron Horkey? Holy fuck, he's awesome. Does a lot of posters for Baroness (who I saw open for Mastodon, I believe). Would love for him to make a PJ print!

    Also, if you've been on these boards for years and following posters, I'm sure you find it quite different around here since '08. Who would have thought that there would ever be a "posters" tab in merch much less dozens of them staying up for years...? The recession has certainly made us more selective.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,301
    Uncle Snuffy wrote:
    My avatar. In my opinion, its the best PJ poster of all-time. Great image. And the background story behind its release is still mostly unknown. But, I'll admit that I'm slightly biased towards this concert for many personal reasons.

    - Uncle Snuffy

    While not the best poster of all-time, I think Chicago 2000 is a great design. It is better than just about all of the 2000 posters and most post-2003 posters. To me it fits creatively with the 1998 series.
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    This one's my grail...I was fortunate enough to snag it a couple years ago. My first show
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  • jened10
    jened10 Posts: 171
    LloydChristmas wrote:
    For me personally...my holy grail poster is my 98 Pittsburgh poster. It was my first PJ show and probably means more to me than others.

    Same here.

    The very, very sad part of my story is that I HAD this poster. My dad took me to my first PJ show when I was 15, and he bought me both the Yield North American poster and the show poster. Still have the N.A. poster, BUT THE SHOW POSTER is MIA. I was sure that it was at my parents, and while my husband and I were living in an apartment, I left a lot of my belongings at my parents. This past summer I went through EVERYTHING and could not find it anywhere. I am still holding out hope that there is a place that I did not search...

    It is in no way in good condition...it has pinholes and is probably bent at the edges as I had no idea when I was a teen how much it would mean to me now. Even so, I will be the happiest girl if I ever find it. If not, it seems I will have to shell out a pretty penny to replace it. :cry:
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,322
    jimed14 wrote:
    To my knowledge, only 50 of these were made and for a Bay Area PJ fan, this is a must if you can find it ...

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    The art print version is still up for sale over @ http://leefenvisual.myshopify.com/produ ... fy-t-shirt

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    $ 30.00

    Art print based on the Pearl Jam poster I made for their San Francisco dates in 2006. This is a three color screen print, printed on 110# white stock measuring 14” x 25”. Signed and numbered in an edition of 165.
  • Fixer_1976
    Fixer_1976 Posts: 59
    Im so glad I started this thread- great info.

    My Holy Grail Posters are....drum roll please....

    1. 1992 Kozik PJ / Soundgarden Unicorn Poster
    2. 1996 Hartford, CT Poster with the He Man on the front
    3. 2006 / Hawaii PJ/U2 Poster

    I could care less about the $ value, these things are pricless to me.
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    My HOLY GRAIL....

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  • iisee
    iisee Charlotte, NC Posts: 485
    RedMosquito02 wrote:
    I think you would have to add the EMEK 1996 Charlotte print to this list...sometimes referred to as the greatest show print ever for PJ

    http://www.expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/683

    +1000 8-)

    I don't have the original (it was my second PJ show and I didn't get the whole poster thing yet) but I DO have a replica/reprint and a homemade TShirt of it..what a show!!!!
    8/25/92 – Charlotte, NC
    10/4/96 – Charlotte, NC
    8/4/00 – Charlotte, NC
    4/16/03 – Charlotte, NC
    9/5/05 – Edmonton, Canada
    6/16/08 - Columbia, SC
    6/17/08 - VA Beach, VA
    6/26-27/12 - Amsterdam, NL (I and II)
    7/19/13 - Wrigley Feild, Chicago, IL
    10/30/13 - Charlotte, NC
    11/22/15 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
  • dwhite76
    dwhite76 Posts: 2,801
    pdalowsky wrote:
    Yeah id add the Chicago 2000 poster too.

    but it depends on why the question was posed?

    was it desirability or rarity?

    as i think these are very very different. The Santa Barbara that has been talked about already appears to be an in demand print because firstly its Emek and there were not many made, but its sure as hell not one of the finer looking prints imo. In fact I prefer the one they used at the show instead and that can be bought very easily for $50


    OMG, I have just lost all respect for your eyes ability to judge posters. :lol:

    A rhino and a few birds don't evn come closr to Emeks SB poster.
    Some words when spoken...Can't be taken back...
  • acutejam
    acutejam Posts: 1,433
    Well, kinda sorta PJ

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  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,935
    The Chicago 1994 bulls logo print I have never seen before anywhere but on five horizons, never saw it on the bay, expresso beans none of the sites

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    the official poster is the Ames Roadkill poster, so this may be a bootleg print...not sure
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,970
    I would imagine that its mostly the older the poster the more rare it is?

    The Yield tours had very small runs? 250-500 for most shows? I bought the Missoula one outside of grizzy stadium (and still have it to this day). I recently acquired the Seattle one, but it wasn't cheap. There's a huge premium on posters from the 90s. Vancouver '98 is now my holy grail, because its the only poster from shows i've been too, that offered posters, that I don't have. I could have had one, but posters weren't a big deal back then. I walked past a merch booth, and thought, thats a really small posters (its about the size of a small banner) and bought the soccer jersey instead (which doesn't really fit that well, and hasn't been worn in years).

    When did PJ start making official posters for shows? I've seen a few for the '96 tour, but the '98 tour there seemed to be the first that had them for every show. They really started to take off on the 00 tour (even though they didn't have them for all shows).

    I noticed at the Seattle '09 shows that they had boatloads of posters and never seemed to run out. I'm guessing as the years have gone one, they've continued to increase the print sizes? So those first few tours will probably be the most rare, because there were smaller runs due to less popularity.
  • terrym08
    terrym08 Posts: 377
    iisee wrote:
    RedMosquito02 wrote:
    I think you would have to add the EMEK 1996 Charlotte print to this list...sometimes referred to as the greatest show print ever for PJ

    http://www.expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/683

    +1000 8-)

    I don't have the original (it was my second PJ show and I didn't get the whole poster thing yet) but I DO have a replica/reprint and a homemade TShirt of it..what a show!!!!

    I agree.. I went to the show and have the poster but unfortunately I outgrew the shirt and threw it away. :nono:
  • Ty
    Ty Posts: 1,007
    My best is the Sydney 1998 crocodile one. My first show. The only poster I don't have is a missing link one, EV Canberra 2011, or which one was never sold (but I imagine one was designed and not approved). I have seen that Detroit EV one, similar to that story I imagine.
    PJ - Sydney 1998; Sydney 2003; Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle 2006; Melbourne, Sydney 2009; Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney 2014.
    EV - Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney 2011; Sydney 2014.
  • FrankBauer
    FrankBauer Posts: 453
    any NBA fans around here? this question pops up alot here and i always thought an interesting way to "answer" this question would be similar to bill simmons annual article about nba players and trade value. he compiles a list of the top 50 nba players and ranks them based on salary, age, upside, intangibles, etc. so say he ranks kyrie irving at 13. you wouldn't trade kyrie for any player listed at 14-50, but any player ranked lowered than kyrie, a sit down discussion for a potential trade would definitely occur. it'd be fun and interesting to see a similar list of pearl jam posters. simmons is a PJ fan, maybe someone could ask him to? :lol:

    Many here mention that the emek Charlotte or Chicago 2000 are the holy grails. But say you own the Chicago 2000 print. Is there any print out there that you would trade your Chicago 2000 for? Or at least make u think about trading it? If someone offered you emek Charlotte, would you take it? Or if you had emek Charlotte and someone offered you Chicago 2000, would you pull the trigger?

    I have cleveland 98 framed (2nd show I've ever been to) - a lot of sentimental value. But if someone offered me emek Santa Barbara for a straight up trade, I'd probably make the trade.
  • STAYSEA
    STAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    I think it is the eye of the beholder...

    I wanted this so bad. I never had a chance. And I was so blessed someone just mailed it to me.

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    It's not the same as the image. I need to frame mine.

    I have posters I could give no thoughts about. This one made me crazy.


    My first poster was small. It was some band members in a race car. I can't find the image.
    I remember who stole/took it from my house or off my wall when I wasn't home. He should be very nervous If I see him ever again.

    That is straight and plain Wrong! Karma... hopefully.
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  • TN70407
    TN70407 Posts: 217
    jened10 wrote:
    LloydChristmas wrote:
    For me personally...my holy grail poster is my 98 Pittsburgh poster. It was my first PJ show and probably means more to me than others.

    Same here.

    The very, very sad part of my story is that I HAD this poster. My dad took me to my first PJ show when I was 15, and he bought me both the Yield North American poster and the show poster. Still have the N.A. poster, BUT THE SHOW POSTER is MIA. I was sure that it was at my parents, and while my husband and I were living in an apartment, I left a lot of my belongings at my parents. This past summer I went through EVERYTHING and could not find it anywhere. I am still holding out hope that there is a place that I did not search...

    It is in no way in good condition...it has pinholes and is probably bent at the edges as I had no idea when I was a teen how much it would mean to me now. Even so, I will be the happiest girl if I ever find it. If not, it seems I will have to shell out a pretty penny to replace it. :cry:

    Me too, but I think the grail is what you make it. Most people's grail is that first show. 98 Pittsburgh was mine, and I don't even remember seeing the poster in the merc tents at star lake. Loved my soccer jersey though.

    Most importantly, good luck to everyone searching for whatever their grail is!
  • STAYSEA
    STAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    I had my first house repainted before I sold it. I was away for a few months.

    I come back to see how things are going. I find my Deftones poster taped to the tile as a drop cloth.

    :twisted: :evil:

    The painters had been walking back and forth spilling paint on it for months. I don't want to say about the others that were killed/destroyed.

    WTF?!

    respect anything? Recycled newspaper is free. I saved 4 out of 20 posters. I have never been that mad at a stupid issue. Yes it is paper. No, it's not scrap paper.

    What went through that mind? They could have called me? The posters were in tubes.


    To me, I thought it would make people think, "hey!, this is not a drop cloth..."

    To them it was paper they could tape to the floor, so the carpet wasn't ruined. :fp:
    :problem:


    I have posters... too many and most ARE not rare. I need a picture of what you want. Then I am reminded if I do or do not have it. I have my Poster! (thanks Steve) The others will stay in tubes until they find homes or some one needs it.
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