Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$1,920.00
Starting bid: $1.00
Museum Quality Condition with no nicks cuts tears or pinholes! This Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane original poster promotes the historic FIRST Kaleidoscope run of concerts. These shows were scheduled to take place at 1228 Vine Street but at the last minute were moved to the Embassy Ballroom in the Ambassador Hotel at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard. The Kaleidoscope underwent an additional location change until finally settling in the former Earl Carroll Theater at 6230 Sunset Boulevard. There the "in the round" shaped stages were used to present the concerts. All of the posters in the Kaleidoscope series have this unique round design.
Number 1 is the most important number in every collectibles market due to their historical importance. Accordingly this is a poster that always gets massive attention whenever it appears at public auction. This is one of a small handful of CGC graded examples of this original poster to appear for collectors. In March 2018 a lower 9.2 graded example reached $1277 in our auction. In any other collectibles market this 9.4 poster would be worth many multiples of the previously sold example. It will be interesting to see what premium the market attaches to this superior example now!
Poster - Grateful Dead Kaleidoscope 1967
Subtitle - Kaleidoscope #1
Grade – CGC 9.4
Bands/Bill – Jefferson Airplane Grateful Dead Canned Heat
Venue – The Kaleidoscope
City – Los Angeles California
Date – 4/14/67
Dimensions – 18 ½”
Artist – Kaleidoscope Graphics
Printing - OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
A.O.R #3.77
Condition Details - Museum Quality with no visible flaws of any kind. No nicks cuts tears or pinholes! 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 6:00 pm eastern.
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