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Auction History Result e024 JOE WALSH'S BROWN DERBY MINSTRELS one-sheet poster '20s golfing! Date Sold 12/18/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Joe Walsh's Brown Derby Minstrels, the circa 1920s poster advertising a touring black African American group of minstrel musicians, who put on a minstrel show that likely included music and other forms of prepared skits and scenes, appearing in Ohio ("Columbia Theatre Alliance 4 Days Com. Sunday Mat. Sept. 2 Street parade at noon - Mon. & Tues. Palace Theatre Ashland, O."). Note that a perpetual calendar shows that "Sunday, September 2" fell in 1900, 1906, 1917, 1923, 1928, and 1934. Based on the style and quality of the printing of the three different posters we have discovered from this show, we think it is likely that it is from the 1910s or 1920s, meaning they would date from between 1917 and 1928, but we have been unable to find ANY additional information about this performing group. If anyone knows more about this poster or "Joe Walsh's Brown Derby Minstrels", please email us and we will post it here. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that the poster depicts a great artwork image of a black golfer dressed in 1910s or 1920s golfing clothes, swinging a golf club, and hitting his caddy (who appears to be dressed like a hotel bellhop!) in the knee with his golf club, while behind them is a fancy resort by the ocean with two black ladies in swimsuits, one in an evening gown, and a black woman wearing a French maid-type outfit! Condition: good to very good. The poster has tiny separation at the bottom crossfold and a 4" diagonal tear that runs into the neck and chin of the seated woman at middle left (but it is a clean tear with no paper loss). There are pinholes, creases, smudges, and tears around the edges of the poster and some water staining in the bottom center of the poster (primarily in the yellow background to the right of the caddy's shoe). There is some faint ink transfer in the bottom yellow background area (caused by the poster being folded too quickly after it was printed). After proper restoration of the above defects, the poster will look fantastic, and there will truthfully be very little paint restoration anywhere in the image! Learn More about condition grades 
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