See that Sex Pistols flyer above? It’s being auctioned by Christie’s with a starting bid of $2,000-$3,000. The thing is, though, it’s totally a fake. You know how you can tell? Typeface analysis. And the gratuitous use of Comic Sans isn’t the only clue.
Update: Thanks for the link, BoingBoing! Hello people of the internet!
cool that you got a screenshot of the auction. for my blow-by-blow account of the “investigation” please see http://emvergeoning.com/?p=3555
And another clue – no posters either in the 70’s or now with anything you would see of modern posters at Posterpalooza would ever add the year. Puhlease.
Fake.
Jamie Reid is probably rolling around in his grave right now
It’s unlikely that Jamie Reid would be rolling around in his grave, as he is not dead.
hi i have the original 1977 poster from the sex pistols as well as there 1977 press kit anybody interested email me http://www.chefmemorabilia@gmail.com
11/6/09