Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$16,800.00
Starting bid: $1.00
If you are looking for an incredibly clean copy of this poster and dont want to pay record prices this poster is for you.
This is just the 6th CGC graded specimen of this poster to appear at public auction all offered by Psychedelic Art Exchange.
The FD 26 Original Poster is without question one of the “Holy Grails” in the entire Psychedelic Concert Poster genre. This issue is on everybody’s top 3 lists of “most desirable” posters. This world famous piece of art was designed by the legendary 1960’s concert poster artists Stanley Mouse and the late great Alton Kelley.
The story of Mouse and Kelley searching the stacks at the San Francisco library for an appropriate illustration for the poster is well documented. The duo discovered this illustration by 19th century artist Edward Joseph Sullivan for an edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
If we had to own just ONE PIECE for our own personal collection this would be it. This poster defines the term “historically important”. The “Skull and Roses” from this very poster would be appropriated by the Dead for the rest of their careers and go on to be a world famous internationally recognized logo for the band.
It is estimated that just 2500 Original First Printings were produced! Probably 5-15% of these have survived the past 52 years in ANY condition. Mint copies of this poster with no restoration now fetch well over $40 000. We at PAE set an all time record last month by selling the FINEST Known Example of the original poster for an amazing high water mark of $56 400 in our auction!
Poster – Grateful Dead Avalon Ballroom
Catalog #FD-26
Grade – CGC 8.0
Bands/Bill - Grateful Dead Oxford Circle
Venue - Avalon Ballroom
City - San Francisco California
Date - 9/16-17/1966
Dimensions - 14 3/16” x 19 15/16”
Printing - OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Artist - Stanley Mouse Alton Kelley
Series/Promoter - Family Dog
Paper - Vellum
Condition Details - 100% Original with no restoration. Just a tiny clean pinhole in each corner! 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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