Other: Here is some interesting and related music trivia - Who was the lead guitarist for the Isley Brothers in the 1960s? Incredibly, Jimi Hendrix was the lead guitarist for the Isley Brothers before he went out on his own.

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##MUSICBQ0178 - Sticks of Different Colored Michael Jackson Bubble Gum from 1984

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. The colors of the wrappers vary. Vintage 1984 Michael Jackson bubble gum sticks. These sticks came in counter displays of Michael Jackson Trading Cards. They are in excellent unused condition.

Michael Jackson is known as the "King of Pop" for good reason. He has sold an incredible 400 million records plus and is one of the very best selling artists of all time. His 1982 album "Thriller" is the best selling album of all time by any artist including the Beatles! He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, not once, but twice! He held 13 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Legend Award and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards. He has 26 American Music Awards which is more than anyone else including the "Artist of the Century Award". He is also the most downloaded artist of all time. In spite of being tried and acquitted and found not guilty on all counts multiple times, the stigma of being accused of being a sexual predator stayed with him. A lot of people don't realize he was married twice. The first time to Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley and the second time to his long time friend Deboray Jeanne Rowe. They had a couple of kids. The pressure of such stardom was horrendous. He had a doctor administer a paralytic called Deprivan to take away the world at night when he slept till the fatal overdose on June 25th, 2009.

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##MUSICBQ0221 - 1986 The Doors Licensed Pinback Button from "Button-Up"

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage colorful picture of The Doors with Jim Morrison. Marked "Copyright 1986 Doors" around the rim, and from the late 1980s. It also says "Button-Up Co. 2011 Austin" (Please note - 2011 Austin Drive, Troy MI was their address, and the "2011" is often mistaken for the date - they are substantially older than that). These licensed types are very scarce, yet easy to identify by the licensing info on the side of the button. Most of the musical pinbacks that you see for sale on Ebay or other online sites are reproductions. These licensed types retail for much higher prices. We uncovered them very recently in an old vending warehouse here locally. Jim Morrison and the Doors, were of course, one of the most famous groups of all time. Excellent unused condition.

Group/Artist Name: The Doors

Years Active: 1965 - 73

Genre: Rock

Condition: Unused

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##MUSICGD2065 - Grateful Dead Car Window Tour Sticker/Decal - Mohawk Demon Knight Man

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 6 1/2" tall Grateful Dead sticker/decal. These are high quality art decals that were made for car windows. I peeled the cover off for the picture. They are in mint condition and can still be used. This one is from around the late 80's/90's. This features a yellow demon looking man dressed as a knight.

These Grateful Dead stickers/decals are old tour merchandise. I found them wrapped in plastic in boxes in master cases. They came from a distributor who sold them to tour vendors. The condition is pristine and they still will work as a car decal or window/mirror sticker. We found them packed away in storage boxes dated 1992 (many are older than that) and 1995 (year Jerry Garcia died). They are high quality artist renderings of Grateful Dead themes. Back in the day, the Dead did not monitor copyrights and that sort of thing, and in fact, at one point encouraged artists to do designs. The LA times explained it well "The Grateful Dead was famously lax in enforcing it’s intellectual property rights and trademarks, allowing fans to create their own designs using the band’s expansive iconography”. Since there was no serious monitoring or much concern back then, a lot of up and coming artists got involved in designing them. This is how some of them got their starts. Some of the sticker artists who designed these stickers went on to produce official licensed works for the Grateful Dead and other famous groups. These stickers include some by now famous designers including David Opie, and others. These 1995 and older stickers are very hard to find anymore.

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#MSH051 - Group of 2 Mechanical Mini Ash Tray/Hippie Stash Boxes in Original Boxes - Love Thy Neighbor

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image (the illustrated box and device are both pictured). You get 2 for $5 (that's $2.50 each). These are a real piece of hippie history. Vintage colorful 2 3/8" tall box. The ashtray/stash box , and the device inside says "Love Thy Neighbor" "But Don't Get Caught". This was from back in the day of free love. It pictures a couple dancing. The device inside has a spring loaded cigarette/joint holder that pops out when you open it. It is a tin box that you could use as an ash tray or for joint storage. "Made in Hong Kong". These were sold as novelties and in head shops all over the country in the late 1960s into the early 1970s when stash boxes were all the rage. We found these at an old novelty distributorship in northern Ohio. Excellent unused condition. There were nine different variations (Cigarettes, Cars, Novelty) that we will be offering in this and future catalogs. They would make a really interesting collection.

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#BGTransport085 - Calling Card/Mini Blotter and Letterhead from a 1930s Ford/Firestone Dealership - Putnam

You get the letterhead and blotter for $1 (that's 50¢ each). Here's something I've never seen before. Standard size 3 1/4" wide calling card that is thick and has a pink blotter backing. It's a calling card mini blotter! They have a four digit phone number and say "E. W. Putnam Ford Parts and Ford repairing a specialty.........." "Peabody, Mass". You will also get an unused 8 1/2" tall letterhead from the same dealership. It has a cartoon at the top and says "You wreck 'em" "Zowie" "We repair just like new" "This is great" "Tired, Tubes, Auto Accessories, Brake Service, and Greasing". They have a 193_ date on them too. These are both in unused condition. Paper does show minor typical paper aging (colors have darkened a little), but it adds to their charm. We had just a very few unused envelopes out of this place too, and they had a Firestone logo on them.

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