Dumpster Diving for Concert Posters and a Guitar – PLUS: Name That 80s Band Photo!

all 3

Last weekend I went to the local storage unit place to help my sister clean out her storage unit. She goes to the dumpster to get rid of some trash and she comes back saying there is something that looks like a guitar case in there. I go and fish it out and it’s a Fender case with a pretty nice Yamaha guitar in it! I took it to a friend at work and he is restringing it now (so no pics til it comes back) but he said it’s in great shape! WOW! he said I could get maybe $150 for it give or take. I’ll post pics when I get it back.

guitar

Then, we found three framed concert posters from 1981. All three measure 19″x12″ and each is in excellent shape – it looks like they have been framed most of their life. Above is a pic of all three together and here are the pics of each individually (click to enlarge each):

Foreigner
Foreigner
Sunday, November 11, 1981 8:00 PM
Maket Square Arena
Festival Seating Tickets $10.00
lots of fine print
REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon
Wednesday, July 8, 1981 7:30 PM
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Tickets: $12.50 Pavilion $8.50 lawn
fine print
Rush
Rush
With Special Guest
Max Webster
Sunday, March 8, 1981 7:30 PM
Hara Arena
$8.00 Advance $9.00 Day of Show
fine print

I did some searching online and could not find any of these three concert posters online anywhere. We also found a 10.5″x13.5″ framed picture of a couple of bandmembers, but I have no idea what band they are from – can anyone ID these guys?

unknown band

The guy on the left looks vaguely familiar but I can’t place him. Any ideas? Leave a comment.
UPDATE: It has been confrmed that the pic is of Journey! Thanks all!

Anyone know what any/all of these posters might be worth?

9 thoughts on “Dumpster Diving for Concert Posters and a Guitar – PLUS: Name That 80s Band Photo!

  1. Bridget

    That’s Journey–the guy on the left is Steve Perry. These posters are probably worth a fair bit of money. Definitely check on eBay for similar stuff and see what they’re getting.

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  2. Ron

    No real info but I was at the Rush/Max Webster concert. Hara Arena is in Dayton Ohio. It was quite the popular stop for Arena rockers back in my high school days. Thanks for the memory.

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  3. Paul

    Are you interested in selling the Rush poster?

    I was at that concert, still have the $8 ticket stub (and to think, we got pissed when they hit $10!)

    I’ll check back to see if you are interested….

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  4. Maryann

    Do you still have the Rush poster? I use to have it and discovered it missing after I moved. Damn mover stole it. Looking to replace it.

    Thanks!

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