Gary Sohmers Wex Rex Presents a Pop Culture Auction with Phil Weiss PWAuctions.com

Oceanside, NY, September 22, 2009 --(PR.com)-- On Sunday Oct. 4th, 2009 Phil Weiss will auction off 700 lots of Popular Cultural Artifacts including Rock and Roll Memorabilia, Disneyana, Sports, Advertising, Comics, Peter Max and Concert Posters.

Pop Culture highlights include a Collection of mint condition psychedelic Peter Max Head Shop Posters from 1967, a collection of 1940's Cereal Box Store Displays, Andy Warhol’s “Index Book” along with Aspen #1 and “Fab,” an invitation to a 1986 Keith Haring event printed on a pair of shorts, a collection of autographs of movie and TV stars of the 1960s, a collection of National Lampoon “Lemmings” concert posters and programs, a series of proofs and mock-ups for National Lampoon Magazine, Peter Lorre and Vincent Price Lobby Cards and Exploitation Manual, Marlene Dietrich “Angel” exploitation manual, a Woodstock concert poster, a Vaughn Bode “Centaurette Poster, and an original 1st printing of the San Francisco “Be-In” event poster.

Rock N Roll artifacts include authentic autographed Guitars by Steve Winwood, Slash from Guns N Roses, Madonna, Willie Nelson with Kris Kristofferson and the Velvet Underground, a 1956 Elvis Presley EPE scarf, a Dark Horse Record Company Promo Display for George Harrison’s only solo tour which includes 26 Unused Tickets (one for each show on the tour), a consecutive pair of unused Beatles Concert Tickets for a 1966 Chicago show plus other unused Tickets and Stubs, a 1964 Beach Boys San Jose Cardboard boxing-style Concert Poster with Ticket Stub, 1st printing of a Jimi Hendrix 1968 Toronto concert poster, several Grande Ballroom concert posters including Janis Joplin and Cream, 1st printing 1968 Toronto concert poster of The Who, a collection of Family Dog and Bill Graham Posters, a San Francisco International Pop Festival Poster, a nice selection of Grateful Dead concert posters and handbills including a 1st Printing of the famous 1966 Skull and Roses Concert Poster for the Grateful Dead Family Dog FD26, a 1968 Northern California Folk-Rock Festival program with Grateful Dead, a 1968 Newport Pop Festival Poster with the Grateful Dead, a collection of German concert posters of the 1980s including Pink Floyd and heavy Metal groups, Charlie Watts Signed First Edition, John Lennon Bag One Poster Signed, a signed John Coltrane Album, a signed Jimi Hendrix Album Cover Photo, original Jim Marshall photographs of the Who, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Keith Richards, swag clothing from the Who, The Dead, Howard Stern, Sam Kinison, Metallica, George Carlin, U2 and David Bowie and much more.

Also featured will be 100+ lots of Animation Art including Vintage Disney Production Art, a series of Jiminy Cricket storyboard animation drawings for a sequence in a Walt Disney World Informational Video from 1981, Original Art for 1958 Disneyland Map by Sam McKim, an original Dopey Animation Cel with Courvoisier Background, Original Comic Art including 2 Charles Schulz Peanuts, 2 Original Hogarth Tarzan Sunday Pages, Jack Kirby Comic Art Pages, Signed Hal Foster Prince Valiant Panels, Own a Piece of History with the Original Door and Stools to Buffalo Bob's Studio (door is engraved and signed by a multitude of visitors to his home studio), a collection of Little LuLu Comics and Ephemera, High Grade Amazing Fantasy #15 and many more Golden, Silver, and Bronze Age Comic Lots..

Gary Sohmers is known as “The King of Pop Culture,” hosts his talk radio program “Calling All Collectors” and appears as an appraiser on the PBS program “Antiques Roadshow” in his 12th season. www.allcollectors.com
Phil Weiss has nearly 40 years experience in the collectibles trade. He has owned and operated Philip Weiss Auctions for over 20 years. Phil has worked as a consultant for many of the country's top auction galleries. Phil appears as a regular guest of “Calling All Collectors” radio program and appears as an appraiser on the PBS TV program “Antiques Roadshow.” www.PWAuctions.com 516-594-0731.

The website is easily searched for items of interest, and the bidding on auction day is through Proxibid.com and PWAuctions.com, in person or on the telephone. A buyer’s premium of 13% is added to each lot purchased. Payment may be made by Cash, Master Card, Visa, Am Ex, Discover and Debit Cards.

Gallery Pre-views for all their auctions begin Wednesday before the sale, from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm, Thursday and Friday from 12:00 noon to 8:00 pm each day, and 8:30 am to 10:00 am the day of the sale. Unless otherwise noted, all auctions start promptly at 10:00 am. Please come and see all the lots for yourself. Can't stay for the auction? Then leave an Absentee Bid Sheet and they will bid on your behalf. If you can't make it here, fax a bid sheet to at at (516) 594-9414 or use their On-Line Catalog through this website to leave a bid until 9:30 am the day of the sale.

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