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Bill Graham, Family Dog, and Grateful Dead

  • Turner Auctions & Appraisals 461 Littlefield Avenue South San Francisco, CA, 94080 United States (map)

Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the sale of vintage rock posters from Bill Graham, Family Dog, Grateful Dead, and more at 10:30 am PST on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Offering over 125 lots, the auction features over 100 rock posters from the 1960s to 2015, most from the 1960s, from a Northern California collector, who purchased them over the years. Rounding out the sale, several additional lots include signed album covers, collectibles, and signed guitars from other sources.

The one-owner poster collection encompasses a wide variety of the era’s best-known musicians, genres, and poster artists. Many lots are from the legendary impresario and rock concert promoter, Bill Graham of “Bill Graham Presents.” The sale features an extensive selection of posters from the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Phil Lesh & Friends. Other artists include Jimi Hendrix, Quicksilver, Santana, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Bob Dylan, Procol Harum, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Prince, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Phish, Jim Kweskin, Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos, and many more. Many works were created by noted psychedelic and other poster artists: Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley, Rick Griffin, Harry Rossit, Lee Conklin, Wes Wilson, Victor Moscoso, and others. A number of lots include two or more posters. This auction also offers a selection of signed guitars, album covers, photos and/or framed collectibles from Pearl Jam, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Staind, Nickelback, Black Crows, Bad Co., John Lennon, and others.