According to "Eric King's Guide To Psychedelic Poster Collecting", this poster was printed just once, with substantial color variation (and minor size variation) throughout the original run.  We respectfully disagree with Eric on this assessment, as we believe this poster was printed twice. HOWEVER, we staunchly believe that both printings occurred before the shows, and are originals.

One variation (we will call it Type A) of the original/first printing of this poster is 22 15/16" tall, slightly shorter than the Type B poster.  In addition, the color of the area between the background of the poster and the central photo is a tan/orange (a pumpkin, if you will).  We have a card that exactly matches the colors of the Type A posters, and are therefore convinced that it is an original printing.

Another variation (we will call it Type B) of the original/first printing of this poster is 23 1/16" tall, slightly taller than the Type A poster.  In addition, the color of the area between the background of the poster and the central photo is a slightly washed out brown.  We have a card that exactly matches the colors of the Type B posters, and are therefore convinced that it is an original printing.

The Type A poster is offered at a higher price due to its' relative scarcity.  We probably see three Type B posters for every one Type A that we see.

Both of the original posters measure approx.  13 3/4" wide, and both of the original cards (Type A & B) measure approx.  5" x 8".

After designing BG 0 (which was just lettering), this was Bonnie MacLean's first Fillmore image.  She designed the next seven Fillmore posters, all of which are beautiful psychedelic images.  She more than adequately filled the void left by Wes Wilson when he and Bill Graham parted ways the week before these shows.  In addition, at this point (in addition to being a very talented poster artist) Bonnie was Mrs. Bill


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Item Number

Bands

Show Dates

Artist

Item

Buy It

BG-63

Jefferson Airplane
Paupers

5/12-14/1967 Bonnie MacLean
Herb Greene
$250 Poster,
Type A

BG-63

Jefferson Airplane
Paupers

5/12-14/1967 Bonnie MacLean
Herb Greene
$60 Post Card,
Type A
Artist Signed

BG-63

Jefferson Airplane
Paupers

5/12-14/1967 Bonnie MacLean
Herb Greene
$25 Post Card,
Type B

N/A

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