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safeinOhio

(34,093 posts)
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 07:50 AM Aug 2020

At sales I'm always looking for memorabilia from the 60s and 70s

that deal with rock music. I use to have a large collection and have retained a few nice concert poster from Detroit area concerts of that era. Just some stuff I really like and know about.

Now I'm finding most of it at sales where the kids are selling off their parents old stuff when they have passed away. Kind of makes me feel really old now.

Not one of my favorite bands, but I've come across a couple of collections of Kiss stuff and have done very well at the Mall with them. Never last long. I'm always looking for Grande Ballroom post cards and posters. Very hard to find, but always looking. When a see a box of old picture frames I go thru them as that is how I found a few.

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At sales I'm always looking for memorabilia from the 60s and 70s (Original Post) safeinOhio Aug 2020 OP
I live in Metro Detroit DownriverDem Aug 2020 #1
In the 60s I lived in E. Lansing and never made it to the Grande. safeinOhio Aug 2020 #3
I have production stills from WhiteTara Aug 2020 #2
Hard to say, but have value. safeinOhio Aug 2020 #4
Thanks. I've always known about eBay of course, WhiteTara Aug 2020 #5
I just picked up a Aug 1964 copy of The Beatle Bulletin at an estate sale TeamPooka Sep 2020 #6
Fun stuff. safeinOhio Sep 2020 #7
Unfortunately they are the ones with all the cool mid-century stuff. TeamPooka Sep 2020 #8

DownriverDem

(6,648 posts)
1. I live in Metro Detroit
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 08:02 AM
Aug 2020

My brother used to go to the Grande Ballroom. My friends and I went to East Town Theatre. I'll need to take a better look at garage sales.

safeinOhio

(34,093 posts)
3. In the 60s I lived in E. Lansing and never made it to the Grande.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 11:09 AM
Aug 2020

Did Go to the East Town, Cobo, Royal Oak Music Theatre and others. Russ Gibb Productions and Gary Grimshaw the artist are a few of the things I look for. I have one Grimshaw poster signed by the artist for a concert at the State Fair Grounds, bands at that concert include MC-5, Chuck Berry, Sun Ra, Dr. John, Johnny Winter, The Stooges, Amboy Dukes and 6 or 7 other bands. Tickets $3.50.

Some of the best were the free concerts in the park in Ann Arbor, U of Detroit and Wayne State. They just had the 50th anniversary for Goose Lake, I was there too.

Good times.

I worked at Ford for 30 years and had lots of friends from Downriver. Give me a minute and I'll post a recording of The Rouge Plant Blues by Sticks and Stoned. Use to like to hear that on WABX on the way to work.



Stix and Stoned The Rouge Plant Blues - YouTube

WhiteTara

(30,170 posts)
2. I have production stills from
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:25 AM
Aug 2020

Jesus Christ Super Star. What do you think such a thing would be worth? There are a couple dozen.

safeinOhio

(34,093 posts)
4. Hard to say, but have value.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 11:15 AM
Aug 2020

You might email www. entertainment.ha.com they do weekly auctions of rock memorabilia or www.webuyrockandroll.com/rocknroll/autographs . There is always eBay too. Those would be a good place to start.

WhiteTara

(30,170 posts)
5. Thanks. I've always known about eBay of course,
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 11:21 AM
Aug 2020

the others sound like they would have greater value for me. They've been in a plastic tub for decades and I'd love to reclaim that space.

TeamPooka

(25,277 posts)
6. I just picked up a Aug 1964 copy of The Beatle Bulletin at an estate sale
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 05:43 PM
Sep 2020

cover has A Hard Days Night.
It was the official fan club magazine
Usually see for anywhere between$125-$150
Got it for $25 and happy as heck.

TeamPooka

(25,277 posts)
8. Unfortunately they are the ones with all the cool mid-century stuff.
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 05:54 PM
Sep 2020

here in LA some of the estate sales are like mid-century modern showrooms of furniture, collectibles and art etc.
Because that generation got to buy all the cool stuff.

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