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Lennon War Is Over poster, by King and a Duck on Jul 28, 2021 14:22:05 GMT 1,
Finally managed to get hold of an original John Lennon/Yoko Ono War Is Over poster from 1969. About as iconic as they come. Hopefully it's legit... looks good, smells old.
As simple as it looks, it's actually quite a unique typeface. Particularly the lowercase letters, none of the three e's look the same.
Anyone else got one?
Finally managed to get hold of an original John Lennon/Yoko Ono War Is Over poster from 1969. About as iconic as they come. Hopefully it's legit... looks good, smells old. As simple as it looks, it's actually quite a unique typeface. Particularly the lowercase letters, none of the three e's look the same. Anyone else got one? |
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whitto
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Lennon War Is Over poster, by whitto on Jul 29, 2021 8:55:03 GMT 1, where did you pick it up?cheers
where did you pick it up?cheers
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Lennon War Is Over poster, by King and a Duck on Sept 7, 2021 19:39:57 GMT 1,
Back from framers.
Back from framers. |
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Lennon War Is Over poster, by Lroy on Sept 7, 2021 19:55:30 GMT 1, Finally managed to get hold of an original John Lennon/Yoko Ono War Is Over poster from 1969. About as iconic as they come. Hopefully it's legit... looks good, smells old. As simple as it looks, it's actually quite a unique typeface. Particularly the lowercase letters, none of the three e's look the same. Anyone else got one? Is it rare ? Never liked particularly Lennon and i did not know that he made a print. well, just asking...
np wrong ideas ...
Finally managed to get hold of an original John Lennon/Yoko Ono War Is Over poster from 1969. About as iconic as they come. Hopefully it's legit... looks good, smells old. As simple as it looks, it's actually quite a unique typeface. Particularly the lowercase letters, none of the three e's look the same. Anyone else got one? Is it rare ? Never liked particularly Lennon and i did not know that he made a print. well, just asking...
np wrong ideas ...
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Lennon War Is Over poster, by King and a Duck on Sept 7, 2021 20:32:57 GMT 1, Finally managed to get hold of an original John Lennon/Yoko Ono War Is Over poster from 1969. About as iconic as they come. Hopefully it's legit... looks good, smells old. As simple as it looks, it's actually quite a unique typeface. Particularly the lowercase letters, none of the three e's look the same. Anyone else got one? Is it rare ? Never liked particularly Lennon and i did not know that he made a print. well, just asking...
np wrong ideas ...
Finally managed to get hold of an original John Lennon/Yoko Ono War Is Over poster from 1969. About as iconic as they come. Hopefully it's legit... looks good, smells old. As simple as it looks, it's actually quite a unique typeface. Particularly the lowercase letters, none of the three e's look the same. Anyone else got one? Is it rare ? Never liked particularly Lennon and i did not know that he made a print. well, just asking...
np wrong ideas ...
The posters were part of a huge media campaign he and Yoko Ono mounted to speak out against the war in Vietnam. Essentially fly-postering for peace. I'd imagine a LOT were made but it's taken me many years to find a decent one that wasn't extortionately priced. They're printed on awful quality paper so who knows how many remain. |
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Beetle Bum
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Lennon War Is Over poster, by Beetle Bum on Sept 8, 2021 8:00:53 GMT 1, Great poster, I am a huge Beatles fan and collector myself. Originally there was mostly a billboard campaign around the World in different languages. There was some posters, leaflets, badges too. A couple of years ago I spoke with the artist KOSH who designed it, I have a nice signed flyer from him. He did a lot of designs for John at the time and worked for Apple as an art director. It is very hard to authenticate the posters though, I was offered one before but was uncertain on it been authentic so I passed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kosh
Here is some information on the original release.
publicdelivery.org/war-is-over/
This one is currently for sale, a big price too.
pleasuresofpasttimes.com/popt-shop/john-lennon-yoko-ono-war-is-over-1969-original-uk-poster/
You can also download every single poster in every language here;
imaginepeace.com/warisover/
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Lennon War Is Over poster, by King and a Duck on Sept 8, 2021 13:47:06 GMT 1, Thanks Beetlebum, really interesting article - hadn't seen that before.
I went in to that Pleasures of Pasttimes shop a few years ago (when they were based near Leicester Sq). They had one for sale at the time for ยฃ1,500 which was more than I could afford at the time. Regretted it soon after.
Picked up the one I have on eBay, fully aware of the risk, but it came in at less than ยฃ500 delivered and I deemed this worth the gamble! Seems legit to me*.
*Probably.
Thanks Beetlebum, really interesting article - hadn't seen that before.
I went in to that Pleasures of Pasttimes shop a few years ago (when they were based near Leicester Sq). They had one for sale at the time for ยฃ1,500 which was more than I could afford at the time. Regretted it soon after.
Picked up the one I have on eBay, fully aware of the risk, but it came in at less than ยฃ500 delivered and I deemed this worth the gamble! Seems legit to me*.
*Probably.
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Beetle Bum
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Lennon War Is Over poster, by Beetle Bum on Sept 8, 2021 14:06:25 GMT 1, No problem, great article alright. Well all I can say is that it looks great and you got it for an excellent price. Enjoy it, looks super in the frame and a super piece of history.
No problem, great article alright. Well all I can say is that it looks great and you got it for an excellent price. Enjoy it, looks super in the frame and a super piece of history.
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