Posted 05 April 2002 - 05:23 AM
Promostamps on Kozik posters do not make them any more valuable or collectable in my opinion. It was just a gimmick he used for a short while.
Kozik used those stamps for his his promo posters (the prints that are not numbered and used by the band, promotor or venue) during a short period that lasted from mid-'91 to sometime in '92. They are just something that he tried and probably got tired of ramming a stamp on every promo.
The problem with the stamp and Kozik in general is that he is not really consistent. Not ALL the unnumbered and unsigned posters in theat period have a stamp. This probably means that he used to stamp promo-posters only for a certain end use.
Imagine if he does a Surgery poster for which he runs 100 copies for promo use and 500 for himself to sell through his own channels. Of those 100 promo posters he probably will send a stack to the promotor, and/or some to the venue, and/or some to the band, and he keeps a few himself as well. In other words there are different 'endusers' for these promo posters. My feeling is he stamped only a certain enduse group.
The reason that I think that is because I have 3 copies of a Kozik surgery poster (92-44) of which 1 is S&N no-stamp, 1 is signed and stamped, and 1 is unsigned, unnumbered, no-stamp.
So as usual it becomes confusing. My feeling is that the stamped posters are those promos that he kept for himself to give away or sell on the side. Why? Because if you look at his first book a lot of the posters in it have those stamps and the book probably used the Kozik/Mans Ruin personal collection as a poster source. This is just my opinion though.
Now at the end of the day I don't feel that a stamped promo is more or less collectable then a nonstamped promo. Hence no price difference in my book. I do value S&N prints higher then promo prints but only slightly. I value AP's slightly higher then S&N prints. I treat PP's as the odd duck in the pond because you are unlikely to run into these too much.
Again, looking at the Kozik SG/PJ poster (92-14) I would pay the same amount for either the AP, the S&N or the PP. I would pay perhaps 20 or 30 bucks less for unsigned, unnumbered one (with or without stamp). On an expensive poster like this that is peanuts.
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A blackline is a print that is used by the printers of a silkscreen to do some checks before setting and running the colors. Inks are expensive so you want to be sure that everything is cool before you start pouring buckets of some obscure purple glow-in-the dark ink. Basically it is the same posters but in black-and-white. Check on ebay and search for 'kozik and blackline' and you'll see what I mean.
These blacklines are usually given to the printers and Kozik has signed quite a few of them. Then again, Kozik is cool with signing posters. For those of you that have an unsigned Kozik poster make sure to bring it with you if you go see him because he will sign it for you pronto. He usually shows up at opening days for his art shows.
Would I pay for a blackline? Yes in some cases where I am particularly fond of a certain poster I amy shell out some cash for a blackline but nowhere near what I would pay for the 'real thing'. I can also see myself getting a blackline of a poster when I am not able to locate or afford the 'technicolor' version.
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As for Kozik's studio, he used to be on 3rd in SF but last time we talked he was about to move accross the street to a smaller but less expensive place. The dotcom boom in SF made prices ridiculous at the time.
Problem is that I moved temporarlily to Europe for a project and lost my little postit note with his phone/fax number. I presume he still has the same phone number as he only moved down 1 block.
sorry for the long email...
piemel
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