1967-AOR 2.18-OP-1-Avalon-Allen Ginsberg-Big Brother-Grateful Dead Concert Poster-FINEST QUALITY WE'VE OFFERED! CGC Graded 9.6

closed on Friday, January 18, 2019

Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$480.00
Starting bid: $1.00

Here we have only the SECOND CGC Graded example of this Original Grateful Dead poster we've ever offered! This image created for a benefit for the San Francisco Krishna Temple featured performances by The Grateful Dead Big Brother Moby Grape and readings by famed beat poet Allen Ginsburg. What a lineup! All the good vibes were real on this magical night in 1967.


It's amazing how affordable you can acquire a museum quality poster that is over 50 years old from the second year of the Avalon Ballroom. This beautiful 9.8 graded specimen is in Superb Museum Quality Condition with no visible flaws of any kind! In September 2018 a lower graded 8.5 example brought $259 in our auction. In any other collectibles market this poster would be worth many multiples of the previously sold 8.5 example. It will be interesting to see what premium the market attaches to this superior 9.6 example now!


Poster – Grateful Dead Avalon Ballroom 1967

Subtitle - Krishna Consciousness Come West

Grade – CGC 9.6

Bands/Bill – The Grateful Dead Allen Ginsberg Moby Grape Big Brother and the Holding Company Swami

Venue - Avalon Ballroom

City – San Francisco California

Date – 1/29/67

Dimensions – 12 28/32”x 19 27/32”

Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing

AOR # -2.18

Paper Type - Vellum

Condition Details - Superb Museum Quality with no visible flaws of any kind. No nicks cuts tears or pinholes! 100% Original with no restoration.

*****This Poster is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****


* A 20% Buyers Premium will be added to the final hammer price of this lot.*