1966-BG-14-OP-1-Grateful Dead-INDEPENDENCE BALL Fillmore Auditorium Concert Poster-SIGNED Wilson! CGC Graded 9.8

closed on Friday, February 19, 2021

Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$6,000.00
Starting bid: $1.00

This poster is signed by the artist the late great Wes Wilson!

Here we have a super early BG poster featuring an All-Star list of San Francisco’s legendary bands of the era including the very young Grateful Dead and Big Brother. This piece is tied for the FINEST QUALITY CGC Graded example of this issue we have ever offered!

It goes without saying very few of these early Fillmore posters have survived the test of time in ANY condition and therefore they are always being hunted by collectors around the globe. We have only offered CGC Graded examples of this rare original poster a handful of times now and this one is in top superb museum quality condition! In September 2016 a same 9.8 graded example realized $1622 in our auction and it wasn't SIGNED like this one!

Poster – Grateful Dead Quicksilver and Co. Fillmore Auditorium
Subtitle – Independence Ball
Catalog #BG-14
Grade – CGC 9.8
Bands/Bill – Grateful Dead Big Brother Quicksilver The Charlatans Love Jaywalkers Great Society Sopwith Camel
Venue – Fillmore Auditorium  
City – San Francisco CA
Date – 7/1-3/66  
Dimensions – 13 31/32” x 20”
Printing- OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing  
Artist – Wes Wilson  
Series/Promoter – Bill Graham
Paper Type – Vellum  
Condition Details – Superb Museum Quality that is un-improvable in every way. Of course there are no nicks cuts tears or pinholes! 100% Original with no restoration.

*****This poster is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****

* A 20% Buyers Premium will be added to the final hammer price of this lot.*
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