Five Posters for Erotic Events: HOOKERS' HALLOWEEN BALL, EROTICA BENEFIT for COYOTE, ST. JAMES INFIRMARY, Margo St. James, Prostitution
Five Posters:
(1) Margo St. James Presents The Original HOOKERS' HALLOWEEN BALL, Friday, October 31st 1997. Paper stock, printed in Halloween orange and black, 11x17 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION, a crease to the upper area, solid, bright and clean.
(2 & 3) A Benefit for COYOTE [Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics]. Held at the DNA LOUNGE. Undated, but tickets were only $7. Mistress of Ceremonies Christine Beatty. Musical Guests Hyperdrive Kittens. Paper stock, printed in deep blue and white, 11x17 inches. TWO COPIES. Both copies in FAIR CONDITION, both have creases, folds, signs of handling, and a pinhole or two; one has water staining and associated waviness in its bottom right corner area (the water stain is mainly visible on the back side); otherwise both are bright and clear, ready to be mounted (so to speak) and/or framed.
(4) First Annual ST. JAMES INFIRMARY ROCK n' BLUES BARBECUE BASH. August 25, 2001 at the Lost City 23 Club. Hosted by MARGO ST. JAMES Founder of COYOTE and THE HOOKERS BALL. 11x17 inches. Mounted on a foam core board. There is an unknown signature at the bottom of the image (perhaps by the artist?) GOOD MINUS CONDITION, some staining, glue mounting ines show through the backside, a couple chips to the edges and corners, still a solid bright piece of San Francisco Health history. Founded by Margo St. James.
(5) FIRST ANNUAL DETROIT-AREA HOOKERS' HALLOWEEN BALL. Held at the Detroit City Women's Club. Undated. Tickets $5.00. Mounted on a foam core board, 11x17 inches. GOOD MINUS CONDITION, some chipping to the corner tips, some pinholes to the top edge, a couple small light stains, still a solid bright piece of Detroit area prostitution activism.
About MARGO ST. JAMES (from Wikipedia):
******Margaret Jean "Margo" St. James, b.1937 d.2021, was an American prostitute and sex positive feminist. In San Francisco, she founded COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), an organization advocating decriminalization of prostitution, and co-founded the St. James Infirmary Clinic (named in her honor) a medical and social service organization serving sex workers in San Francisco.******