1970–Anderson Theater-Hells Angels-Grateful Dead Concert Poster-PAE Graded Excellent “77”

closed on Friday, July 20, 2018

Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$2,645.00
Starting bid: $1.00

The Grateful Dead / Hells Angels "friendship" is historic and it dates back to the early Prankster days. Over the years The Dead and Garcia played several performaces for parties hosted by the most well known motorcycle club of all time.

This poster for a 1970 Dead Concert at the Anderson Theater in Greenwich Village is one of the most desirable pieces of historic art  from the association of those two larger than life entities.

This was a Hell's Angels event and also included a set by New Riders of the Purple Sage. What a beautiful addition to the heavy Grateful Dead historian's collection!

This is just the THIRD example of this famous poster we have EVER offered at auction and just the second that is 100% Original with no restoration.  The previous example graded PAE 73 two levels lower had tack holes and tears and realized $1151. This example is very clean and much nicer see details below.  

Poster – Anderson Theater-Hells Angels-Grateful Dead 1970

Grade – PAE Excellent 77

Bands/Bill – Grateful Dead NRPS

Venue – Anderson Theater

City – New York NY

Date – 11/23/70

Dimensions – 23” x 35”

Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing

Series/Promoter – Hells Angels

Condition Details – 100% Original with no restoration. Very clean with NO pinholes! Crease and tiny knock on the bottom right edge. Several fine breaks in the ink throughout the poster. Foxing. 3” and 2” creases on the bottom under where it reads "Anderson".  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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