Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$1,162.00
Starting bid: $100.00
This poster is one of the keys to the entire Avalon set and tops every collector list of most desirable and hardest to locate items. This poster holds unsurpassed historical significance as it is the very first time that the Grateful Dead were associated with the symbol of a Skull which would become the graphic identity of the band for decades to come.
This is a poster we previously auctioned off for $2887 11/16. It was NOT CGC graded at te time but cataloged as restored and it realized $2887.00 We sold another restored copy graded 9.0 by CGC for $3174 1/17.
Poster – Grateful Dead Avalon Ballroom
Catalog #FD-12
Grade – CGC Restored Grade 7.0
Bands/Bill - Grateful Dead Quicksilver Messenger Service and The New Tweedy Brothers
Venue – Avalon Ballroom
City – San Francisco California
Date – 6/10-11/66
Dimensions - 14 3/32” x 19 7/8”
Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Artist – Wes Wilson
Series/Promoter – Family Dog
Condition Details – CGC's Restoration List details include "color touch tear seals cleaned pieces added". There was repair work done to the edges and corners tape in the upper corners and a tape pull in the upper left on the reverse.
*****This poster is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****