Tour Lithographs and show specific artwork

[estrangedtwat]

This current leg has had pretty shitty designs.  That quasimodo is butt ugly.

Sure hope they get Buhler back for some more other than those stupid boxed set pictures.

So far the only one I think is remotely interesting is the Gilsenkirchen smoke design.  And that one's not even that great.

[CAFC Nick]

On 7/3/2018 at 12:57 AM, AxlIsGod. said:

Does anyone have any info on the London pop-up litho? did they have a set amount for each day? im seeing numbers out of 100 and numbers out of 200 on ebay.

Actually not sure. I picked up 2 and they were both out of 200. They were all basically in tubes in a corner of one of the rooms. Didn't seem to be much logic to what numbers that were on display. I picked up number 7/200 and 9/200 but there were probably 20 tubes on the table, some with number 118/200 etc. 

EDIT: They ones i picked up were actually 7/100 and 9/100 (not 200) so looks like they did indeed print another batch

On 7/3/2018 at 1:35 AM, The Holographic Universe said:

Perhaps the eBayers just wrote it on the litho to create the illusion of scaricity. Cool litho. 

Can confirm that the numbers are pre-written on the lithos.

Edited July 4, 2018 by CAFC Nick
Wrong number of lithos stated

[AxlIsGod.]

1 hour ago, estrangedtwat said:

This current leg has had pretty shitty designs.  That quasimodo is butt ugly.

Sure hope they get Buhler back for some more other than those stupid boxed set pictures.

So far the only one I think is remotely interesting is the Gilsenkirchen smoke design.  And that one's not even that great.

I feel its been in line with the US legs. Some hits, some misses, some inbetween. Europe '17 was on another level.

[6lake sa66ath]

6 hours ago, CAFC Nick said:

Actually not sure. I picked up 2 and they were both out of 200. They were all basically in tubes in a corner of one of the rooms. Didn't seem to be much logic to what numbers that were on display. I picked up number 7/200 and 9/200 but there were probably 20 tubes on the table, some with number 118/200 etc. 

 

Can confirm that the numbers are pre-written on the lithos.

I took this pic on Sunday:

In hindsight, for only 15 quid, I’m kicking myself for not picking up at least 1 myself!

[CAFC Nick]

7 minutes ago, 6lake sa66ath said:

I took this pic on Sunday:

In hindsight, for only 15 quid, I’m kicking myself for not picking up at least 1 myself!

Agreed - have no plans for mine as it stands but knew i would regret not picking up. Funny seeing the sky-high prices on eBay and the people saying that it was £50...!

[AxlIsGod.]

Is the paper quality the same as the show ones?

 

[SydneyGnR]

22 hours ago, AxlIsGod. said:

Does anyone have any info on the London pop-up litho? did they have a set amount for each day? im seeing numbers out of 100 and numbers out of 200 on ebay.

Word has it.....they only did 100.

They sold out of those.....then did another batch of 200.

Not a concert lithograph....but its  a pretty cool design.

[CAFC Nick]

8 hours ago, SydneyGnR said:

Word has it.....they only did 100.

They sold out of those.....then did another batch of 200.

Not a concert lithograph....but its  a pretty cool design.

Makes sense - the ones I have are out of 100 so your logic seems plausible.

Edited July 4, 2018 by CAFC Nick

[RoseTatu]

[Mcs953]

Hi everyone,

 

anybody on here have an orlando swamp for sale or trade?

 

thanks.

[AxlIsGod.]

Im looking for Orlando too, not seen one for ages!

[Mcs953]

Also looking for a foxboro second day if anyone can help?

 

thanks.

[Dacatzass]

2 minutes ago, Mcs953 said:

Also looking for a foxboro second day if anyone can help?

 

thanks.

There is one on Ebay right now.

[Dacatzass]

1 minute ago, Dacatzass said:

There is one on Ebay right now.

Oh right... you are only looking for the rarest/most expensive lithos but want people to give them to you.

[Mcs953]

Never said that, why so hostile?

[TigerBubba]

I do have an Orlando. Had not planned on getting rid of (no plans to sell) but may be interested depending on what you have for trade. Message me.

[Dacatzass]

37 minutes ago, Mcs953 said:

Never said that, why so hostile?

I am not trying to be hostile, but you are obviously not trying to be realistic either. You have 25 posts and most of those are posts looking for the rarest and most valuble lithos from the tour (London, Paris, Slane, Foxboro 2, Madrid, Kobe, etc), but you don't want to pay eBay or fair market prices.

The $600 for the Slane was a good deal on ebay since it was only the second I have seen for sale and you didn't want to pay lqddynamites price for the Cincinnati (which I thought was more than fair for a very desirable and popular litho). You instead went public with the negotiation which I thought was in very poor taste.

As I said, I am not trying to be openly hostile; and I wish you the best of luck in your search, but I come here to talk about/see the artwork; not you trying to solicit people for high dollar lithographs as cheaply as possible.

[Mcs953]

Not true and the public post was a mistake as I am newctovusin this.

[TigerBubba]

If you find this post boring, please just skip it, but its the story of the accumulation of the ones that I have collected (thus far).  This has been fun!  I don't post often, but thought I'd put out there why I have so enjoyed the lithographs and tour art.

I got my first limited lithograph from a Phish show a few years ago.  Since then, if a show has a limited poster/litho/artwork that I attend, I'll usually buy it.  Got a couple of cool smaller show limited runs that are signed (Drive By Truckers, Gregg Allman, etc.).  My overwhelming love of GnR left me extremely excited when I saw that they were doing these for the NiTL tour.

My first show on the tour was Nashville.  We chose the closest drivable location (5 and half hours) to be the earliest in the tour as possible (just in case, ya know, there were disagreements with the band that may change the tour).  I had asked a friend of mine to get me a litho, if they did one, at the shows in Vegas.  He brought me a shirt and said that they only poster was a typical poster with the dates (I have since gotten him into Lithos and we are both mad he didn't pick them up from the two shows he went to in April 2016).  So back to Nashville, i glanced the merch stand and didn't see anything, then the couple in the seats next to me had one and I ran back and got in line.  Litho #1!  I would later have that lithograph with me on a work trip to Nashville, take it to Hatch Show Print and get the artist to sign it.  Made for a cool pic on my instagram.

Then I got on ebay.  I should have bought the first Cincinnati one that I saw, it's still my fave, but I passed thinking $200 was too much and I'd find one cheaper.  Idiot.

So below are my list of lithos and how I got them:

Detroit: Ebay.  I love Corvettes and thought it was a cool one.  Got it for like $118.  As the Lithorati site points out, weird they picked a Chevy (that particular model was built in St. Louis) for the lithograph for the show at FORD Field. 

Atlanta:  I went to the show, it was awesome again.  I bought four lithos (they weren't selling well) to sell/trade for other lithos.  I'm not a Walking Dead person and it's actually one of my least favorite, but I don't sell trade ones from the shows that I actually attended.  So it's a keeper.

Orlando: I work in Alumni Relations for Clemson University.  A fellow Clemson Alum friend of mine in Orlando was going to the show.  I asked him to get me litho if he could.  Boom, Got it!

New Orleans: Again, a friend that went to Clemson with me, and President of the New Orleans Clemson Club, is a lawyer in NO.  He wasn't going, but a partner in his firm was going.  I told her that I'd love one or two (for trading) and she got the last two at the merch stand she went to. Score!

East Rutherford 1 and 2: Traded one of my New Orleans lithos with Uzi on this site for these two lithos.  East Rutherford 1 is greatly underated unless you see it in person.  Still disappointed tht East Rutherford 2 isn't numbered.

Glendale: Again, friend from College and former Major League Baseball player told me his Girlfriend was going.  She didn't understand the importance of a "Poster," but picked one up for me!  Awesome

LA1: Ebay

LA2: Ebay

San Diego Surfer: Ebay

San Diego Sara Ray: Ebay

Note: Had friends or friends of friends at Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, and LA shows and they couldnt secure a litho purchase.  I think the LA shows were when folks buying them up was at its worse.

WInston Salem: Was tailgating about a quarter mile from the outside merch trailer.  I went down there twice and they were sold out both times, but more were coming.  I really wanted to get it before the show because rain was coming in.  Third time I went down there, I said look, I'll wait till the guy brings some more.  They radioed him and I got it.  Gave one to a friend and traded the other for a Cleveland with Mcs953 here.  I was not crazy at all about the art, but have warmed to it based on them finding something locally connected.  Krispy Kreme donuts was founded there, thought it may have had a connection to that!  Or, with them playing at the home of the Demon Deacons, that could have been a cool tie in.  Missed seeing UZi from this site who was at the show.

DC 2017: I ended up with 2 from two different friends that went and got me one.  It seems to be one of the less loved ones, and I'm not super crazy about it (seems something with the capital building would have been better than this) but I don't mind it.  Still looking to trade one of these.....(hint hint, I wouldn't be picky, just looking for one I don't have).

Cleveland: traded the other for a Cleveland with Mcs953 here.  Like everyone else on here, this one is a bit of a disappointment based on how dark it is, and how it could have been so much greater with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame based there, but it added to my collection.

Louisville: The head of the University of Louisville Alumni Association is a close friend of mine.  I called him.  He called someone with the Yum center and was able to get me one.  I still think this one could have been the greatest with Churchhill Downs/Kentucky Derby, but I also believe that there could have been some licensing reasons why not (and that licensing could be the reason some of the obvious aren't used in the lithos.

Troubador: Only got this in the last couple of months from ebay.  I found one with a couple of creases on it and a low price and I pulled the trigger.  I can't help but hope those creases came from someone rocking out at that show with less than 500 in attendance and the first show with Axl, Slash, and Duff in 20 years.  It's kinda plain, but I love it for what it is!

Now I need a really cool Rock and Roll room to display these, and other lithographs that I have from other bands.  I also have a tour poster from 2006 (first time seeing Axl), a promotional poster for Axl/GnR when they played the show in Greenville, SC I went to on Halloween.  It's actually a really killer poster and I have Frank Ferrer drumstick to go iwth it (still hoping to catch a microphone one day!).  My rule of thumb on this artwork, I'll acquire GnR anything, but any other band stuff, I have to have attended the show.  I will typically only buy if its a limited litho, but some posters I will purchase (Roger Waters, Springsteen, etc).

Sorry for the long story, but it was fun for me going over two years of acquiring these.  I always love to think that each one of the lithos was THERE at the show!

 

 

[Mcs953]

Awesome post, enjoyed the read .

[Mcs953]

Just wanted to put this up as an open post on this forum, some of the members here have criticized me as trying to take advantage of members here and obtain art for nothing, I would like everybody here to consider this, it is true that I am looking for the London 1, Paris, kobe and Cincinnati on here, I have been on communication with some members here and have been put down because I wouldn’t give them what they feel is fair, I would like everyone to consider, how do you. Or know that I didn’t get the slane litho from that seller or another seller and paid premium dollars for it. As an Irish American this is my favorite piece, I have seen the Cincinnati, two as a matter of fact go for less than 100 bucks on eBay, sane seller bought them, is that seller a member here?  Now the sellers want me to pay around 5 grand for these lithos?  I am in this for the art, I love the designs and I found one on here recently and messaged a member and bought it for what I consider premium dollars.  I read the old posts and I see some of these members complaining about people buying and selling on eBay, some of these members got these at cost and now want to gouge here, while I could pay 5 grand for these 4 lithos I won’t as guns and Roses could release copies tomorrow and the value could plummet.  Remember people, these cost 50 bucks a piece originally, so don’t put me down as I am in it for the love of the art.  If anybody wants to sell someday for price we could both agree, please feel to message me, but son’t Forget where you cane from, I hope everybody has a great day.

[estrangedtwat]

And I want a Lamorghini Countach.  Red.  And it should only cost $2000 cause that's all I feel like paying for it.

[Mcs953]

You are just ignorant, take a basic economics class dude.

I hope you are not cashing out your 401k and investing everything in the Kobe’s, because that is a very bad retirement strategy.

[estrangedtwat]

Nobody is retiring on these things.  They are luxury items for aging Gen Xers with disposable incomes.  Personally, I think it's ridiculous to spend a thousand dollars on a piece of paper unless it's a hand drawn piece by your favorite artist.  But the market decides the value of an item.  It's worth whatever people are willing to spend.

I don't own a Cinci.  I'd fucking LOVE one.  I'd frame it and gaze upon it in awe every day.  But I'm not willing to spend the asking price, so I have resigned myself to just looking at the jpeg on my screen.

Sorry, life isn't fair.

These are a perk to concert goers.  That's all they ever were.  You didn't go to the show and you still want it?  Pony up the cash.  These are never getting reissued by the band cause that would require work and effort, and Team Brazil has proven that they're way too lazy for that kind of shit.

I own a few lithographs.  I stood in fucking line for hours to get them.  I'm keeping them, cause they represent a cherished memory of seeing my favorite band.  But if I ever were going to sell them, I'd put them on ebay for the going rate without batting an eye.  I stood in line and I bought them myself.  Anyone that did so can do whatever the hell they want with these.  Just cause they paid $50 for them doesn't mean they owe it to you to make sure you get your super rare highly sought after lithos for cost, or less. 

Good luck on getting that Cinci and Kobe and Paris, pal.

Edited July 6, 2018 by estrangedtwat

[Mcs953]

I agree with you on the fact that the market drives what they are worth, as far as guns and Roses not reissuing a print, pure speculation on your part.  Kobe, Cincinnati, Paris, and London One, I too have stood in line for hours to get certain prints, however someone will sell one of each for a price I can live with, maybe after the tour?