Final Auction Price
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$660.00
Starting bid: $1.00
A great opportunity to own an affordable CGC authenticated and graded reprint of one of 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 almost two years ago for $118 750 in another public auction! This reprint poster (designated as RP-13 in Eric King's book) offers you the same iconic world-famous art at a much more affordable price level! This is the Portal Publications reprint which is printed on thin stock and reads "RP 006 c 1977 Kelley/Mouse Portal Publications Ltd. Corte Madera. California 94925" on the right side of the bottom margin.
Poster – Grateful Dead Avalon Ballroom
Catalog #FD-26
Grade – CGC 9.0
Bands/Bill – Grateful Dead Oxford Circle
Venue – Avalon Ballroom
City – San Francisco California
Date – 9/16-17/1966
Dimensions – 20 3/64" x 27 64/63"
Printing – RP-13 Post-Concert Reprint
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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