Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$2,070.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This pellon is signed in black ink by The Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia Bob Weir Phil Lesh Vince Welnick Bill Kreutzmann Mickey Hart AND includes an official letter of authenticity SIGNED by the band's longtime roadie RAMROD!
Wow! Here we have an original silkscreen pellon for the 1989 Grateful Dead summer tour designed by artist Tony Reonegro. A pellon is a piece of felt with design made by the artists to test print on and then send to the band for approval to be used for GDP tour merchandise. They are VERY rare and only one or two were ever made of each design. This is one of the very first designs officially used by the band created by Tony Reonegro. Soonafter starting with the Spring tour of 1990 his work would appear on a whopping 170 backstage passes! It was quite a run for an artist who had barely heard of the Grateful Dead before he started providing art to them. Not only is this pellon SIGNED by the band (sometime between late 1990 and 1995) but it also contains an official signed Letter of Authenticity from Ramrod. Ramrod (Laurence Shurtliff) was head roadie equipment manager and President of Grateful Dead Productions from 1976 to 1995. Read our blog dated 1/20/18 where we discuss the skyrocketing demand for signed material such as this lot!
Pellon – Grateful Dead Pellon 1989 Summer Tour Skeleton Keyboard
Grade – PAE Not Graded
Bands/Bill – Grateful Dead
Date – 1989
Dimensions – 16 1/4" x 19 1/2"
Printing – OP-1 Original Printing
Artist – Tony Reonegro
Paper Type – Pellon
Condition Details – 100% Original and Authentic! This item is not graded. 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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