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    27 April 2000

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    • The Sex Pistols
    Lot 131

    The Sex Pistols

    Price realised

    GBP 329

    Estimate

    GBP 200 - GBP 300

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    The Sex Pistols
    A Virgin Records promotional poster for the single Pretty Vacant, 1977 -- 27½x39¼in. (69.8x99.7cm.); Sex Pistols banner -- 5½x18½in. (14x47cm.); and My Way banner -- 5x28in. (12.7x71.1cm.) (3)

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    BURGESS, Paul and PARKER, Alan Satellite, London: Abstract Sounds Publishing, 1999, p.102 (illus.)


    Lot Essay

    The images on this poster were taken from a video of the April 1977 Screen On The Green concert. This sequence formed part of the credits in the Sex Pistols' first film Number 1 which was used to publicise the band in England and abroad.

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