THRIFTSTORE FIND HOMERUN? IS THIS A REAL, RARE ROLLING STONES POSTER?

I'm afraid I agree with 2manybooks that there is still significant reason to be cautious in your judgement about this poster. What we know of the size of the repros seems to concern the 1994 limited edition lithographs. It's very likely that there were other repros as well, and those others could very likely have been done in the original size. I think it's unrealistic to think that all the repros done between 1973-1999 were done only in the smaller size like the 1994 lithograph.
Have you sent the photos to the original artist yet?
I do hope it turns out to be an original!

 

But don't they have what number of the edition it is on them?

 

The excellent condition of the poster given the years before being placed in this frame is the bit that sets off alarm bells for me.

 

I'm reading it as 1994.

Sotheby's say the same thing (could be the same one Christie's had.)

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions...l-history-presley-to-punk-n09160/lot.127.html

In photos, the colors of yours do not look like Burnes' reprint. They do look like the Sotheby's example.

 

What I meant was that I'd bet there were repros done that were not associated with the smaller 1994 numbered lithographs... and they may not have been official/approved repros, would not be numbered, but could very well have been done in the original size.

 

I saw 1994, as well.

 

Well hopefully IF they are out there they didn't use the thin white paper! If I'm lucky the artist or someone representing her will return my email & I'll know.
The contact page on her website wouldn't allow attachments so I added the address for this post so she could see it.
Fingers crossed!

 

I JUST GOT REPLY FROM STONES POSTER ARTIST KATE BURNESS!

Hi Charlie,
Yes, I think you do have one of the original Rolling Stones Cardiff Castle concert posters.
I've looked carefully at the images you sent, & the colours, size, & the look of it generally, convince me it's one of the ones I had, & gave away to friends.
I only have one of those original posters left, but yours looks exactly like it.
I was a young artist, only 24, freelancing in London, at the time I created that painting.
I gave lots of reproductions of my early work away. I didn't think about how valuable it might be later on.

When one is young, working in one of the most exciting cities in the world at the time, surrounded by world class illustrators, you don't think like that. At least I didn't.
I gave about 15 of that poster away to friends in London, but they made their way all over the world in the following years, & I have no knowledge of how or where.
Some obviously made their way to the States, which is how the Classic Rock Posters people acquired 2 or 3. They told me they have one framed on their wall.
I didn't know most of the posters were pulped & the concerts cancelled until a few years ago, as you will know from my website.
The originals were only concert posters to be pasted up all over town, so although the reproduction is good, the paper is lightweight, & not meant to last.
The limited edition of 73 that I made at the end of 2014 to launch my website, & tie in with a concert the Stones were doing in Auckland, was on much heavier archival paper, & is signed & numbered by me.
I know from the Classic Rock Posters people that there have been many cheap versions produced in the past, including by the Stones themselves years ago, but nothing of the size or colour quality of the one you have.
I wish you all the best in the work you do, remembering & honouring your daughter.
My boy died at 20, in an accident whilst travelling overseas, so I know what it is to lose a child.
Enjoy your poster, & if you want to sell it get it valued first.
It will be worth several thousand dollars if it's in good condition, as it appears to be from your photographs.
All the best to you, & many blessings,
Kate Burness

 

It's all right now, in fact it's a gas...

 

Woo-hoo! Congrats!!

 

Congratulations journeymagazine. Clearly the Force is with you lately.

 

Yes she is.
AND what a couple of weeks; I've had 3 "find of a lifetime" in the last month:
4 watches found at a estate sale that I was told "I don't know if they're real or if they work, but they are $20 each so I paid $80 (+ $100 I went back and gave him later when I found out what they were) for what turned out to be a 18k Chopard, a 18k Forum, a Tiffany 1st digital watch worn by Bond in To live and let die + a first Pulsar digital watch.
Then a box of 4 paintings and a etching for $40 at a thrift store that turned out to have a William Allen Walker painting in it (I sold it today for $3,500)
AND now this Stones poster
I hope I haven't used up my lifetime supply of luck!
PS - I'd have never know what I had without you guys! Thank You Again!

 

Simply amazing! Here's to more great finds! Might have to start calling you good luck chuck!

 

That's so wonderful journey. You have the magic touch!

 

Great news, and the letter from the artist even -- bingo!

 

You didnt get the painting authenticated though?

 

No - that involved sending it out & paying money I didn't have. Buyer saw it - I think - on Facebook market and called asking to see it; he came by today, saw it - & he loved it and bought it!

 

That's wonderful and happy it did not sell on ebay~

Congratulations!