Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$780.00
Starting bid: $1.00
It is with great joy that we offer this opportunity to own an affordable CGC authenticated and graded reprint of one the most important and famous concert posters ever created. The FD 26 is without question one of the “Holy Grails” in the entire Psychedelic Concert Poster genre. This issue is on everybody’s top 3 lists of “most desirable” posters.
This world famous piece of art was designed by the legendary 1960’s concert poster artists Stanley Mouse and the late Alton Kelley. The story of Mouse and Kelley searching the stacks at the San Francisco library for an appropriate illustration for the poster is well documented. The duo discovered this illustration by 19th century artist Edward Joseph Sullivan for an edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
An Original First Printing of this poster sold last year for $118 750 in another public auction! This third printing poster offers you the same iconic world famous art at a much more affordable price level! In December a lower 3.0 graded example reached $660 in our auction.
Poster – Grateful Dead Avalon Ballroom
Catalog #FD-26
Grade – CGC 4.0
Bands/Bill – Grateful Dead Oxford Circle
Venue – Avalon Ballroom
City – San Francisco California
Date – 9/16-17/1966
Dimensions – 14 3/16” x 19 15/16”
Printing – RP-3 Post-Concert Third Printing
Artist – Stanley Mouse Alton Kelley
Series/Promoter – Family Dog
Condition Details –100% Original with no restoration. View the detailed high res photo of this lot. Click on the thumbnail photo to see an enlarged photo. Click a second time on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the enlarged photo. A super high res image with every millimeter will now be clearly displayed. For a personalized eyewitness examination call 410-464-6180 11:00 am to 6:00pm eastern.
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