anyone have a scan of the 80s Maxell poster?
 

Remember that classic image from the Maxell or was it Memorex tape company that showed the roof or a Porsche Targa coming off from the power of the sound...

I'd love to get my hands on one as either a hard copy poster or an image

i have it in an actual poster in my garage. problem is that it is on a hard backed poster board and i dont know of a method of reproducing it. it was maxell i believe, if that helps with the search.

i guess i could shoot it with a digital camera and post it. will that work for your needs?

I have it in my room and its my avatar.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1102703454.jpg
Well here it is, its the best I can get because it is framed. I had all of the ad cut out so its just the car. looks sweet in person.

Do you remember where you originally purchased the poster?

the artist is
 

Steve Steigman

I'm starting a search to track down a reasonably priced poster

Wow, those were pre-Photoshop days - not an easy picture in the '80's!

there is one on ebay, but i don't think it would fit into your "reasonably priced" criteria. :eek:

'blow the lid off' targa poster

I have that poster, is says "If you have the watts we have the tape"

Dude that is sweeeeet.

I had never seen that one, when I started reading the post I thought you were looking for the standard maxwell print of the guy sitting in a chair.

Anyway I want one now too, so if you find one please post where you got it.

$1200 bucks my A$$, someone needs to take thier to a print shop and make copies!!!!!!!!

Hmm.. early 80's.
 

Now what's the source of that smoke; oil on his exchangers or a Cheech and Chong out take? :D

Here they are cheaper
http://search.ebay.com/Steigman_W0QQfromZR40QQsojsZ1

....where's the Porsche ????

(i don't think that is even a Porsche seat he's sitting in ) :D

You can get that scanned and printed for probably about $100-200

WOW!!!!! I had no idea that shot was so desirable... if my car was not a coupe i prolly would have recognized it as something I was interested in. mine has a crease in it so i doubt it is worth all that. if i can have it scanned anyone is welcome to a shot, let me know what i should do.

i am going into the garage right now to check its quality.

i got it from my moms in the early 80's when she was styarting her sales career at seagate. i had the guy in the chair one too, but it was not attached to the poster board deal so it's long since in a crumpled mess.

stay tuned.

no can do. i will post some shots monday when i get back to work where i have a card reader for the digi i use. my old time computer does not have a usb port. i will post monday. can you wait?

Yes I can wait....Thanks
 

It really is a great image. It reminds me of a few late night blasts in my 81 SC

K911sc,

I'll be keeping an eye out for that. Thanks

In Memoriam: Steve Steigman, 62

October 28, 2004
By Jay DeFoore

Steve Steigman, the commercial photographer whose business savvy laid the foundation for many of the standard practices in use today, died in his home in Quogue, Long Island Oct. 18. He was 62.

"Steve passed away after suffering from depression," Peggy Flaum, Steigman's wife, stated.

Steigman was the first photographer to separate creative fees from expenses, and his innovative approach to the business--limiting duration and usage on his photography--became the model for others. His best-known photograph, a popular icon that has served as Maxell's logo since the 1980s, shows a hair-blown man sitting in front of a speaker.

"Steve was a pioneer in limiting rights, and that was one of the first major photos using restricted rights," says Gary Hurewitz of Hurewitz Creative Partners, one of Steigman's early reps.

The Maxell photo was the brainchild of art director Lars Anderson, but Steigman made no secret that he took the photo. The photographer once went so far as to rent an airplane that pulled a banner with the photo and his name prominently displayed as the photo credit.

Known as "the father of modern self-promotion," Steigman's antics took the idea of promotion to the extreme. He once sent art directors carrier pigeons in a box with a note tied to their legs. When the art directors let the pigeons out their office windows, the birds flew back to their owner with a note asking to see Steigman's book.

Hurewitz says one of Steigman's schemes was to use a helicopter to drop the photographer's promo cards in front of ad agencies during lunch time, but Steigman scrapped the idea after realizing it wouldn't be legally possible.

Steigman was one of the top advertising photographers in the Eighties, shooting campaigns for Miller Lite and Nike. His photograph of tennis great John McEnroe standing in front of the Brooklyn Bridge was one of the first Nike campaigns to use star athletes.

The photographer parlayed his successful print business, known as Big City Productions, into a burgeoning film business. He made several smart real estate investments that left him with a small fortune.

"He didn't make it as big in TV as print," Hurewitz says. "The businessman part of him worked real well in print, but in TV it became a hindrance because he became too involved in the business."

The high school dropout from Brooklyn never went to school for photography. As a teenager, Steigman began volunteering in the studio of photographer Joe Schneider, and eventually became an apprentice. He opened his own studio at the age of 21, then unheard of in the industry.

"What made Steve exceptional was that the creativity was not just in his art but in everything he did," says Brian Coles, Steigman's business partner and best friend over the last decade. "He really had a whole different way of looking at the world."

Friends describe Steigman as an energetic, self-critical photographer who was both logical and a dreamer.

Steigman is survived by his wife, Peggy Flaum, and daughter, Willy Sarah Steigman, of Riverdale and Quogue, New York and Crackers, his dog.

The family is setting up a scholarship fund in Steve Steigman's honor. Check the December issue of PDN for more information.

www.stevesteigman.com

Coupe owners are precluded from owning this...
If you own a coupe and own or display this poster, please surrender it to me immediately.

:D

still looking for a cheap copy

Hi, I have a Steve Steigman Porsche poster. It's been put away for years. Is it worth anything. I can't seem to find them online. Just the Blown Away.

Thanks, Tami

Hello Tami. Taking the trouble to save that old Porsche print is really more trouble than it's worth. You should send it to me and I'll take it off your hands. I'll even send you postage and handling to send it to me. Sound fair?

OK, seriously, yes it is worth more than you would expect. If it means something to you, by all means keep it, frame it and display it. If not, either give it to someone you care for who does appreciate it, or sell it. As you can see from the Ebay links, it's worth a couple of hundred dollars and isn't real available at that.

Mike

Can't find any, even on Ebay
 

I can't find any of the Porsche even on Ebay, infact nowhere on the net, I wonder why?????? This has just been sitting in our closet for at least 15 years.

Anybody recall the Marantz poster? Cop with his boot on the front bumper of a P-car writing a ticket. I think the copy read "We don't recommend saying to the Judge you were driving under the influence of Marantz".

BTW. Marantz was a high end stereo company. Don't ever hear that name any more.

Hmm, I think this is the official Stephen Steigman site. I don't see that image. I fired of an email and will let you know if I get an answer.

Steigman Website

I have something you might be interested in, its a hard poster not sure if you are still looking

Here is the picture
 

Rats, I only have this Maxell one from the 80s. (And by the way, I thought Maxell was the gold standard for cassette tapes. It's all I used. Remember those days?)http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1369963020.jpg

Reviving this old post - is there any source for this photo online in high-res? eBay lists a $999 buy it now.

I recently paid $100 on ebay for that poster, vintage '80s, in excellent shape. Not too bad considering a decent framing job will exceed that. Looks great.

Just like 911's, don't expect them to ever be cheaper! Of course you might get lucky at a garage sale ...

I looked for several years to find one and finally bought one for sale on eBay in 2012. It turned out to be a grey bordered litho in original frame.

Information form internet searches back in 2012:

Steve Steigman 911 blowing the roof off

These posters are very rare, and the Lithographs are even more rare and sought after. It is thought that the distribution of these items was halted by a lawsuit by Porsche; Then Maxell tapes and Lars Anderson settleed and agreed to not distribute these prints and posters. Steve Steigman was the photographer but you will never find these works in his collection. Steve Steigman died in Oct 2004. The lithographs are like the posters only with a wide band of grey on the top and bottom. Value of a perfect poster is $1200 to $1500 and the Lithographs between $10,000 and $20,000. It is though that only three Lithographs were distributed in Eroupe and all others were destroyed. This version of the Maxell ad has never been reproduced.

Keep in mind there is a difference between the poster prints and the Maxell ad poster. The original prints do not have the Maxell ad information printed on them, just the photo and the print information like the one in post #28.

As a reference here is the Maxell poster with the ad info, or at least how the ad appeared in print magazines:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1426293034.jpg

Still want.

Marantz receivers from the 70's are becoming quite popular again. I use my dad's old one daily.

Not the same ad, but still cool.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1430875908.jpg

I have one. Wish it was perfect. It's not.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1430876020.jpg

In fact, I have both.

You can see some of the bubbles in the Targa poster in this photo. :(

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1430876403.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiJzLfxWooo

TV ad

I have the maxxell poster in a tube. Need to get it framed!