Guest of the Antiques Roadshow in tears when he learns of the value of his late brother’s rock’n’roll posters

A guest at the Antiques Roadshow was in tears after learning the true value of her late brother’s valuable rock ‘n’ roll posters.

The guest’s brother collected many posters over the years and she presented the expert with 47 of them that he had collected between 1967 and 1969 from various rock musicians/bands, including Jimi Hendrix and The Grateful Dead. She showed them to expert James Supp for evaluation.

Her brother died 28 years ago, but she revealed that he sent rock concert promoter Bill Graham and the Fillmore West venue money for postage and received a poster in return. The posters have been safely stored in a box for the past three decades and are in very good condition.

The posters turned out to have tremendous value, and the expert determined that a Jimi Hendrix poster featuring a flying eyeball was a first edition, as he pointed out the placement of “Bill Graham” as well as the poster number. The image was created by Rick Griffin in the late ’60s and has been described as “the most iconic rock ‘n’ roll poster of the ’60s.”

“Poster number 105 from ‘Bill Graham Presents’ and you can tell it’s a first edition by its placement under the word ‘Tickets,'” James told the guest. He then revealed that the poster could be worth between $5,000 and $7,000 (£5,500) due to its good condition.

The guest was stunned by the value, saying it was “fantastic.” Another Hendrix poster was valued at between $3,000 (£2,300) and $5,000 (£3,900), while a poster of The Grateful Dead, who first performed at the Café au Go Go in Greenwich Village, was worth between $2,000 (£1,500) and $3,000 (£2,300).

James revealed that the collection of 47 posters would have a total value of between $20,000 and $35,000 (£27,500). The guest was left in tears at the end of the emotional appraisal, as she admitted to the expert that she “wanted to do something with them” as she didn’t want to hide them in a box.

She tearfully declared: “Wow. Wow! He loved them and I love them too. I want to do something with them, you know? I don’t know what to do. Enjoy them, not in a box anymore.” Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 “Flying Eyeball” poster is on sale on eBay for around £2,500, while posters of The Grateful Dead have sold online for around £1,200.

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