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Permalink Reply by Gratefulphish on July 17, 2019 at 8:12am

Why would someone go to all that trouble to age a Zappa poster.  I am a Zappa fan, and knew Frank personally, but he is not a big collector magnet.  If this was a Hendrix, Dead, Doors, Zeppelin, etc. item, it might be worth something, but in better shape, not with stains, bends and a whole lot of other flaws.  This guy probably acquired it and has no idea what it is.

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Permalink Reply by marc e on July 17, 2019 at 10:37am

because if it was a real globe from 73 its worth a pretty penny

if real worth around 1k or more

ive sold zappa posters for 4k before

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Permalink Reply by Mistytdog To marc e on July 17, 2019 at 2:22pm

This poster is marked globe CLASSIC posters at the bottom . That indicates it’s from globes reprinted series from a few years back. The aging is total bs. And yes early rare Zappa posters can sell for 2k plus. I’ve got some available if anyone here is looking for some. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo To Mistytdog on July 17, 2019 at 2:46pm

The "aging" at lower left under the "OF" and left of "Richards"  is not believable IMO.

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Permalink Reply by Gratefulphish To marc e on July 18, 2019 at 12:01am

I know a good one would be worth some money, but if I were counterfeiting it, I would not age/damage the poster to this extent, as it would keep a lot of people, including me, from even considering bidding on it. Only in the case of missing EXTRAORDINARILY rare items that I am missing in my core collection, would I consider buying a poster or handbill in this condition. In general, when dealing with items in this type of condition, unless you get an insanely good buy, it's hard to recoup your money.

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