Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$1,080.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This lot will be accompanied by a Letter of Provenance attesting to the fact that it resided in the historic Early '66 Time Capsule Collection one of the most exciting and important concert poster discoveries of the past 20 years.
Here we have only the THIRD CGC Graded example of this Original issue to appear in our auction! This poster from a Valentines Day Dance at the Carousel Ballroom is a Grateful Dead Classic. It’s Stanley Mouse’s riff on a vintage Valentine and features a goofy antique photo for the main image. No GD poster collection is complete without this odd shaped whimsical poster from 1968.
The wisdom printed on the bottom edge advises “Stick to Weed It's Safe”. The official release of this recording of this Concert is sold as Grateful Dead Road Trips Vol. 2. Phil Lesh claims this to be amongst his favorite shows.
The original poster for this popular issue seldom surfaces for collectors with CGC grading. We auctioned a pristine 9.8 graded example that realized $3300. This overall clean specimen here looks simply magnificent and should provide tremendous value. The colors are bold and fresh and it retains all the eye appeal that many of the higher condition examples possess when they surface. Pinholes in the corners seem to be all holding it back from a higher grade.
Poster – Grateful Dead Carousel Ballroom
Grade – CGC 8.0
Bands/Bill – Grateful Dead Country Joe & the Fish
Venue – Carousel Ballroom
City – San Francisco CA
Date – 2/14/68
Dimensions – 10 30/32”x 11 1/32”
Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Artist - Stanley Mouse
Paper Type – Index
Condition Details - 100% Original with no restoration. Pinholes all corners. 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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