MORE Collectibles from the NORWEGIAN BREAKWAY

This is very difficult to find, yet, here it is:

The Official book of the first trips of the NORWEGIAN BREAKWAY, with Max's hull.

 

 

 

VERY UNIQUE COMBINATION OF FOOTBALL POSTER AND CARDS

I managed to obtain all the 10 cards from the NFL 1997 PETER MAX special artwork, plus the uncommon SUPER BOWL XXX poster (signed and dedicated), and I assembled all into one huge framed piece. I did the same a few months ago with the Baseball series. I am pretty sure these sets are unique in the whole world.

  1997 Baseball super stars

SUPER BOWL XXX (1996) and Super stars 1997 NFL

THE NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY COLLECTIBLES

I am very convinced that this mini collection of Norwegian Cruiselines BreakAway ship memorabilia, is the only one in the world besides the Cruise company and the Peter Max Studio. Invaluable!

 The Pre-Inauguration Renderings Brochure 2012.

 The official Inaugural Book 2013

 The Inaugural 2013 lapel Pin

 The Great Neck N.Y. stamp booklet with the BreakAway  launch

 The Official BreakAway Peter Max Poster (and close ups)

 Advertising poster for the BreakAway y GetAway

PETER MAX MEET AND GREET THAT ORIGINATED MY COLLECTION (update)

PETER MAX, A MEET AND GREET EXPERIENCE
Originally posted on 2010 

I've neglected this site for a bit, I was upset as a result of a Forgery felony whereas  I (and many others)  was a victim, as a result, it happens that my Canvas collection was forged by a Peter Max official store owner. The case was investigated by the FBI Art department, the culprit found guilty and now is spending some time behind bars along with 2 accomplices. I am waiting for some retribution, but not overly excited of obtaining it since the perpetrator allegedly has also more raps with the law. Unfortunately, the PETER MAX studio was not highly cooperative with me, and I spent a fortune in attorney's fees to obtain some positive results, even if only moral. 

Still, I admire the old PETER MAX, the great Pop Artist of the Sixties and Seventies, and the one that created American images that will remain for years to come. But for me, whatever emanates from the studio after 2010, is not as valuable or important as all the other pieces his studio and himself participated, even the Lithograph, serigraphs, licensed items and signed poster are more valuable because they have the true spirit of the man not only the Dollar Sign.

Having said that, I believe The Max Collector has the biggest and most varied collection of collectibles and Memorabilia of Peter and I will care for it,  increase it and leave it as a family legacy so that my grand-children will be able to open a PETER MAX unique pieces museum. After all, regardless of what the Studio is doing now for profit, he is one (along with Robert Indiana) of the few living Pop Artist of that golden era of Americana.

Ed Gugliotta

Curator. 

     June 1972, I was 22 years old and visiting New York, Mr. Max was already pretty famous, especially after his LOVE and COSMIC RUNNER collections and thousand of fantastic posters that decorated more than one home and office wall. I was a pseudo-hippie who admired his work and even tried to copy his ideas in my aficionado drawings, so I decided that I had to meet him, not an easy task for a youngster from Italy living in South America. I moved some contacts in the magazine industry in my home city, and voila!, I got the assignment as the graphic reporter for a low budget magazine  (I was an amateur Photographer by then). I took all my money savings and planned a trip to New York with a close friend. Once there, I made some phone calls, which were promptly replied and to my surprise and rejoice, next day after my arrival to the Big Apple,  I found myself in his downtown NY three floors studio, sitting down in his private office and chit-chatting with him about I cannot remember what, but surely related to some cosmic world or the beauty of Karmic aura. 

(image i took on July 1972  enhanced with Photoshop and signed by PM in Miami, on May 2010)

     He was lying down comfortably under the protection of a RUNNER IN RED. 35 years of age on October 1972,   and yet his spirit was the quintessence of that revolutionary era that changed the world, he was so very cool and spiritual that I was marked by this for a long time. I had my Nikon F2 with the mandatory 105mm portrait lens and a pushed 800 ASA Kodak film for larger grain, but now in retrospective, I wish I had an Ektachrome slide film roll on it, so  I took some images, that I finally found after 38 long years. Funny thing? I never made this interview nor the images known until 2011.

(RUNNER IN RED done in 1969. The image I took  was in black and white, I copy-pasted it in color for a dramatic effect).

     For those who do not believe in destiny... here comes the good part of this story: I am having my usual morning coffee reading the Miami Herald, and to my surprise I read some kind of info-ad mentioning that Mr. Max would be present at a Meet and Greet event in  a Coconut Grove Gallery, so I decided it was only fair that I let Peter have copies of the old New York visit images as a gift.  I have no doubt that he is the last of the relevant POP artists around and he will be for a while since he has a healthy life and a peaceful attitude, so it would be a great honor for me to deliver my prints. I even intervened one of them with PS, and I added some very spiffy toned down colors.

     May 15th, 2010 Location: MAX AT THE GROVE, south Miami, time: 8:00 P.M.  My wife  and I arrive at the meet the artist  presentation of PM, and the tiny space was filled with his art, most of his work were represented there in one way or another, be it canvas, mixed media and acrylic, lithographs, or simple prints along with some objects such as a Mexican Fender Guitar, a 1994 World Cup soccer statuette, and Football helmets. It was quite crowded yet comfortable to roam around detailing the art pieces.

     Peter was sitting next to a table talking with other gentlemen, but I managed to catch his attention and had the chance to have a brief conversation and  hand him the New York images. He was startled, immediately passing them around to all his business associates and nearby friends, then very humbly asked me "Are these for me?". I was amazed, perhaps waiting some arrogant and detached remark, but I was pleased by giving him the two somewhat destroyed pictures, almost sure that his work force had many experts in retouching them, plus I included some additional personally reconstructed sets I made for him. He was so very gracious, gave me his personal card and told his assistant to remind him to have a souvenir sent to me to Miami. I had the audacity of asking him to sign one of the copies of the pictures I took, and he very graciously accepted. What a souvenir for my collection!

Oh, I cannot forget to add that we bought a huge 48 x 48 ins." Liberty Head" original  canvas that night, and he scribbled it with marker behind on the back.

Purchase only PETER MAX mixed media and canvases with the Artist present and request for his signature on the back of the piece. There are multiple forgeries even originated (Provenance) at galleries that once could have been validated by the MAX studio.

The Max Collector  -  images copyright of Ed Gugliotta

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THE PETER MAX HUGE PROJECTS - Continental Airplane and Norwegian Ship

The Continental Airplane - year 2000

Max entered the new millennium with a Boeing 777-200ER super jet. He was commissioned by Continental Airlines to paint a “$160 million living canvas,” which was designated as the NYC Millennium plane.

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The NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY Ship

On 12 May 2013 she headed to Bermuda to start her seven-day cruises.

She is 144,017 GT in size, and has capacity for 4,000 passengers, double occupancy.The ship has a total of 1,024 staterooms and 238 suites, designed by Priestmangoode and Tillberg Design.

KIEHL'S COSMETICS and PETER MAX

I don't know how many people realized that PETER MAX did all the display presentation of KIEHL'S creams and cosmetics collection of December 2015... I did, and not only purchased some boxes but also managed to retrieve from a Trash Can a couple of important display cut-outs.

UNIQUE SIGNED GUITAR - extremely Unique

 Me and my Peter Max signed Stratocaster from ALL THINGS THAT ROCK

Image of the PETER MAX stratocaster with him in an image on the wall that I took in 1972 and he signed in 2010 at MAX in the GROVE, an allegedly authorized MAX distributor that 

apparently went rogue.

 

Obviously unplayable, unless you want to risk destroying the artwork.

PETER MAX first official magazine

STRATOCASTER signed by PETER MAX

Peter Max Famous Artist Signed Autographed Guitar, available at allthingsrock EBAY page.

Fender Stratocaster with white pickguard signed by Peter Max.

FRANK SINATRA by PETER MAX

On his 100th Bday, PETER MAX studio created this wonderful homage artwork. very appropriate. The Max Collector.

Peter Max – In Honor of the Frank Sinatra 100th Centennial Celebration in Kansas

The Road Show Company are the official On the Road reps of PETER MAX

Nancy Sinatra, Frank's daughter ( Boots are made for walking), was present and signed originals.