Wilson, Wes

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Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:19 pm

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Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:22 pm

This is one of the great classic rock artists in my opinion. If I had to pick one artist's work out of Kelly, Griffin, Mouse, Singer, and Moscoso and I would pick Wes. Granted each of those artist were truely remarkable talents.
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:54 pm

My favorite of the old school guys . Don't like the idea of paying for a sig , but I REALLY love his work .
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:23 pm

Agree on this one. From what I understand, the artists of that era got paid very little for their work, and were not the copyright holders. I could be wrong though. So they're trying to make some ducats on their "name" , since they're not geting it on the older art they created.
ricv64 wrote:My favorite of the old school guys . Don't like the idea of paying for a sig , but I REALLY love his work .
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:28 pm

I don't own any old school posters, but if I did I wouldn't mind paying for a signature. It's a way of giving back to the artist. These guys didn't have a retirement plan or health insurance and to my knowlege, most signed away rights to future procedes from their creations.
What I have seen of Wes' work is quite impressive. There is a line of continuity from early 20th centry illustration through the hight of 60's psychodelia that runs strait to todays best gig art. These guys carried the torch until the modern masters of out time were prepared to take it further.
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:50 pm

electrachrome make me an offer on my Bonnie McCleans or Kelly /Mouses and you can get some old school stuff .

to me it seems that , at the time they we're happy about it but when times shifted and the work dried up thats when they changed their atittude, especially after when the market for their posters went up . Human nature
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:02 pm

sunsetbrew wrote:This is one of the great classic rock artists in my opinion. If I had to pick one artist's work out of Kelly, Griffin, Mouse, Singer, and Moscoso and I would pick Wes. Granted each of those artist were truely remarkable talents.
That is a tuff one......I'm leaning towards Griffin but collect all and will gladly pay for a sig :wink:
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:41 pm

One of the greats. I like his lettering.
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:44 pm

New addition
AOR 1.115 Beatles SF 66 Wilson
http://www.expressobeans.com/show.php?id=39144

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Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:35 am

my number one in search of
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Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:17 am

That one (and the sale of) was passed on my the kind folk at sixtiesposters.com. It'll cost you some, but you could always go for the reprint...
For the last Beatles show ever, price was a lot lower than I thought it would have been.
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Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:24 pm

A NM framed copy sold at auction for $12,966.80 around that same time. I also saw a very beat up copy sell on eBay quite some time ago for $2,000.
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Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:30 pm

I would go for a reprint . I have a scanned bootleg version till then
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Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:37 pm

He said he liked my sideburns at TRPS.

I feel warm.
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Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:21 pm

they make you look like Joel from Brian Jonestown Massacre .
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