LeROY NEIMAN Post Card - BUENA VISTA BAR 1986

LeRoy Neiman Limited Edition Promotional Post Card – BUENA VISTA BAR 1986 I was a contract art dealer for LeRoy Neiman back in the 1980’s and every time he released a new serigraph, which was about once a month, we would receive a number of promotional post cards showing the new image. When these were gone they never printed again. The serigraph of BUENA VISTA BAR today has a retail price of $15,000. This post card however sells for much less! ALL OF NEIMAN'S POST CARDS ARE OUT OF PRINT (except some companies printing new copies now. this one is an original, as you can tell from the back of the card which is slightly yellowing from time.) It’s a rite of passage as a San Franciscan (or tourist, for that matter) to crowd up to the bar at Buena Vista mid-morning and sip on a piping hot Irish Coffee. It’s the birthplace of the boozy beverage (in America), after all, and these bartenders have been mixing them up assembly line-style since 1916. Sure, it’s inconveniently located in Fisherman’s Wharf, but it’s worth the trek for that signature mix of Irish whiskey, coffee, sugar, and cream in those delicate vintage glasses.