Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$570.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This poster is signed by Jerry Garcia on the reverse bottom right corner. This poster is mounted on board.
Most of the authentication work PAE engages in is to determine poster originality. When we come across a poster with no previous record of sale or known copies, we must use our investigative skills and experience to determine its authenticity. The poster for sale here is one that is routine to authenticate. There is a known pirate printing, but it is easy to recognize as such.
Our authentication skills concerning this poster involve the Jerry Garcia signature on the reverse. The poster has been dry-mounted on foamcore, and the signature almost eluded us. While evaluating a large collection, we noticed the writing on the back. Upon scrutiny, the autograph was one we were familiar with. Not the greatest example, but clearly Jerry's signature. The most likely scenario is that the poster was presented to Jerry in a frame, and since the front was not accessible, Jerry awkwardly signed the back. The size of the poster is huge and difficult to handle when framed.
PAE has confidence that the signature is authentic. We offer our lifetime money-back guarantee of authenticity for this signature as well as the poster.
The BG-287 Swell Dance Poster is from the Wall of Sound era of the Grateful Dead in New York, a classic '73 Dead poster printed for a run of shows at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York in March 1973. The design by David Byrd is huge and impressive! The original printings are on super-thin paper and increasingly difficult to find at public auctions.
Condition Details: Mounted. Faded, stains, foxing, creases, edge tears.
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: BG-288 Poster
--GRADE: Extra Fine 61 MOUNTED
--VENUE: Nassau Coliseum
--PERFORMERS: Grateful Dead
--CITY: Uniondale Long Island NY
--DATE: 3/15-16/73
--SIZE: 25 x 38.13
--PRINTING: OP-1; Original Pre-Concert First Printing Poster
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