The Beatles 1966 Candlestick Park Final Show Poster Signed by Wes Wilson, Graded 9.2 (AOR-1.115)....

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GOT TO GET THIS INTO YOUR LIFE - 9.2 AND SIGNED BY WES

The Beatles 1966 Candlestick Park Final Show Poster Signed by Wes Wilson, Graded 9.2 (AOR-1.115). An original concert-advertising cardboard window card for the Beatles' last-ever show, August 29, 1966 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA (now demolished). This poster was hand-signed by poster artist Wes Wilson, the dean of San Francisco psychedelic concert poster design, and graded a beautiful 9.2 Near Mint Minus by the Certified Guarantee Company (CGC).

This is a coveted Beatles concert poster that almost everyone wants. We could never get enough of them, but of course they're scarce because this first printing was done before the show for the purpose of selling tickets, so everyone who has one wants to keep it. Especially if it's graded in the 9's, because the black color so easily picked up white creases with handling, so not a lot remain with the word "Mint" in their official grading. Then you have the huge bonus of Mr. Wilson himself hand-signing this specimen in black pen above his printed name, and since he passed away three years ago, there will never be any more of these signed. Measures 17 1/4" x 24 1/4" and grades to 9.2 Near Mint Minus. A year ago, Heritage sold another 9.2 Wes Wilson-signed copy of this poster for $32,500. COA from Heritage Auctions.

Literature: See Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock Posters from Presley to Punk, Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p.64 (illus.).

More Information: A crowd of only 25,000 witnessed the greatest rock band in history say goodbye to live performances. Of course, if the world knew this in advance, the place would've sold out in a heartbeat. (Capacity was roughly 43,000.)

The Fab Four bid farewell in San Francisco with the same set list they had used in Germany, Japan and the Philippines earlier that summer: "Rock and Roll Music," "She's a Woman," George's turn with "If I Needed Someone," "Day Tripper," "Baby's in Black," "I Feel Fine," "Yesterday," Ringo's turn with "I Wanna Be Your Man," "Nowhere Man," "Paperback Writer," "I'm Down" and the added bonus of "Long Tall Sally." So the Beatles opened their final gig with a Chuck Berry song, closed it with a Little Richard song - paying proper homage to their American heroes - and did 10 originals in between. Total length: about 33 minutes.