All the posters were rolled and wrapped in a plastic sleeve at the time of purchase. The blacklight has an adjustable bracket / stand so that you can tilt and. I purchased the majority of the posters for $1.00 each at a curio/head shop in Memphis called "John Simmons" who designed his entire basement to accommodate these posters. Place table in a corner of room, and aim black light towards center of the room. Some of my happiest childhood recollections were spending time in this room, burning incense, listening to psychedelic music, and smoking dope. I purchased a massive 4' long, double tube black light fixture. By the time I had the walls filled with original posters, I had about twenty on display (several of which are currently consigned for this auction). My father built an annex to my bedroom which I called my black light room. How and when you started building this collection?įreeburg: I started collecting blacklight posters in 1967 at the age of 14. We asked him to share some information about his collection as well as this specific type of ephemera, and are pleased to present this to the members of our community. Portions of his incredible collection have been on display in multiple museums including the Toledo Museum of Art and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. In addition to his collection of vintage head shop and blacklight posters, Freeburg maintains a collection of vintage ballroom concert posters from San Francisco and Detroit. Hendrix remains one of Freeburg's favorite artists of all time, and a significant portion of his collection is devoted to the guitar playing legend. A few years later in 1969, Freeburg was lucky enough to be able to attend one of Hendrix's live shows, along with his classmate and friend Chris Bell, who went on to be one of the founding members of the power pop band Big Star. According to Freeburg, the album "changed my life and the band's repertoire". This also happened to be the year that he began collecting blacklight posters. Paint on top of the tape with blue marker so that it covers the flash. Then in 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience released their debut album, "Are You Experienced?". Place a small piece of tape over the LED flash on the back of your iPhone or Android smartphone (will also work on tablets with built-in flashes), which should be close to your rear camera. The collection we are offering you tells the story of the 1960s counterculture movement from many different angles.Īs a young teenager in Memphis, Tennessee the 1960s, Freeburg was in a band that played mostly soul music from the Memphis Stax/Volt & Detroit era. He has been collecting this material since the late 1960's, and could easily be named one of the greatest collectors 1960s paper ephemera of all time. Freeburg maintains one of the largest collections of vintage head shop and blacklight posters in the world. This auction will feature 100 lots that were exclusively consigned by lifetime psychedelic art collector, Houston Freeburg. While vintage concert posters are our passion here at Psychedelic Art Exchange, we are thrilled to announce that our next auction will focus on a different type of material something different and something special.
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