ORIGINAL *RARE* UNTOUCHABLE WINTER DANCE PARTY POSTER INTERNATIONAL WELCOME! BUDDY HOLLY RITCHIE VALENS BIG B Start Price USD 19,999.00 Current Price USD 19,999.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 30, 2008 Location Stevens Point, Wisconsin See more about 'ORIGINAL *RARE* UNTOUCHABLE WINTER DANCE PARTY POSTER' Description YES THIS IS AN ORIGINAL AND VERY VERY VERY HARD TO FIND....BASICALLY UNTOUCHABLE. I KNOW THIS IS WORTH AT LEAST WHAT I AM STARTING IT OFF AT. GRAB A REAL PIECE OF HISTORY! RITCHIE VALENS, BUDDY HOLLY AND THE BIG BOPPER DIED DURING THIS TOUR. ALSO ON THE POSTER IS DION AND THE BELMONTS AND FRANKIE SARDO.   THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS POSTER: MY FATHER WAS IN CHICAGO AND USED TO HANG OUT WITH THESE GUYS. MY FATHER WAS A SINGER WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.  THE MINUTE THAT HE HEARD THE NEWS HE WENT AND GRABBED A POSTER OFF OF A POLE WHICH WAS ADVERTISING THEIR WINTER DANCE PARTY(AND YES IT STILL HAS SOME GLUE PULL AREAS).  YES THIS IS AN ORIGINAL AND HARD TO FIND ITEM.   OVER THE YEARS I HAVE WATCHED IT MOVE FROM FRAME TO FRAME...AND THEN MY DAD PASSED AWAY....WE HAD THOUGHT THAT THIS POSTER WAS LOST AS WELL AS HE ALSO HAD MANY AUTOGRAPHED RECORDS FROM ARTISTS OVER THE YEARS.(WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS IN THE SHED BUT COULDN'T LOCATE IT AND THOUGHT PERHAPS THE ELEMENTS HAD TAKEN IT)  HE ALSO COLLECTED 45'S AND ACCUMULATED 42 BANANA BOXES OF 50'S 60'S TOP 100. (WHICH I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR A BUYER THAT WILL KEEP THEM IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT FOR A LATER DATE) WHEN WE FOUND IT THE OTHER DAY WE WERE ECSTATIC THAT IT WAS STILL IN THE CONDITION I REMEMBERED IT AS A CHILD.   YES IT IS ORIGINAL.  YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO VIEW IT WE WILL MEET SOMEWHERE LOCAL WHERE I WILL BE SAFE(IE LOCAL POLICE STATION/COURTHOUSE) I DO NOT LIKE TAKING THIS OUT OF THE HOUSE.  I CAN ALSO TAKE NUMEROUS PICTURES FOR YOU AND EMAIL THEM TO YOU IF YOU NEED TO SEE MORE(BUT I WILL NOT BE TAKING IT OUT OF THE FRAME AGAIN~THE ONE TIME FOR THE PICTURES YOU ARE VIEWING WAS ENOUGH).  THE ONE PICTURE SHOWS IT IN FULL, THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS A LITTLE WATER/SUN DAMAGE.  YOU CAN'T TOUCH THESE POSTERS.   HOW THIS WILL BE PAID FOR? VIA CERTIFIED CHECK WHICH I WILL NOT RELEASE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE CERTIFIED CHECK HAS CLEARED MY BANK. 500.00 WILL BE DEPOSITED INTO PAYPAL PRIOR TO THE CERTIFIED CHECK WHICH WILL BE NONREFUNDABLE IN THE EVENT THAT YOU CHOOSE TO NOT COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION. HOW THIS WILL BE SHIPPED? YOU WILL ARRANGE PICKUP AND INSURANCE ETC. I CAN HELP FACILITATE BUT AM UNSURE WHAT CARRIERS INSURE FOR THIS AMOUNT.(IF I HAVE TO SHIP THE PRICE OF SHIPPING AND INSURANCE MUST BE PAID BY YOU AFTER THE CERTIFIED CHECK HAS CLEARED MY BANK).IF YOU CHOOSE TO COME AND PICK IT UP PERSONALLY AFTER THE CHECK CLEARS, THAT IS FINE, I WILL MEET YOU ONCE AGAIN IF NECESSARY FOR YOU TO PICK UP YOUR PURCHASE.  I WILL NOT CONDUCT BUSINESS FROM MY HOME.   PLEASE NO NONPAYERS. THIS ITEM IS BEING SOLD TO HELP ACCOMODATE A BETTER FUTURE FOR MY CHILDREN.  ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A REAL AUCTION, AND BY BIDDING YOU ARE ENTERING INTO A LEGAL CONTRACT IN WHICH IF YOU DO NOT PAY WHAT YOU BID THERE WILL BE ALTERCATIONS.   SORRY TO BE SO RASH BUT IT IS NECESSARY FOR THOSE THAT JUST DO NOT PAY AND THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE RARE ITEM.  MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS ITEM UNLESS YOU ARE INTO ROCK MEMORABILIA. THANK YOU AND HAVE A HAPPY EBAY DAY! Place a Bid!