From the Vault: Property from the Grateful Dead and Friends
From the Vault: Property from the Grateful Dead and Friends
From the Vault: Property from the Grateful Dead and Friends
Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
From the Vault: Property from the Grateful Dead and Friends
7 October - 14 October 2021 • New York
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Your local time • 18:00 PM GMT
1. Ken Kesey and Ram Rod | “Can You Pass the Acid Test?
2. Owsley "Bear" Stanley | The alchemist's tools
3. (Lawrence “Ram Rod” Shurtliff) | Ram Rod’s Merry Pranksters style jumpsuit
![[Avalon Ballroom] | Handbills from the height of the psychedelic revolution](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/adc54be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1530x2361+0+0/resize/150x231!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F9f%2Fe5%2Ff45ae3d44f10b065273ea0bbd28a%2F116n10167-btspq-3.jpg)
4. [Avalon Ballroom] | Handbills from the height of the psychedelic revolution
![[Hells Angels] | Party stereo system — including the earliest Grateful Dead speakers](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7140d4e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F84%2F58%2Fb58f860c40b9946431f45e460928%2F240n10167-c3cb5-01.jpg)
5. [Hells Angels] | Party stereo system — including the earliest Grateful Dead speakers
6. Grateful Dead | The earliest surviving Grateful Dead road case
7. Jerry Garcia | Jerry’s original twin
8. Jerry Garcia | A veteran of too many gigs to count...
![[Power Amplifier] | Owsley’s early sound experiments, used at Altamont](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/753d91d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fcb%2F92%2Ff87a7faf4bc094777fccc1643b7d%2F213n10167-bts9g-1.jpg)
9. [Power Amplifier] | Owsley’s early sound experiments, used at Altamont
![[Power Amplifier] | Owsley’s early sound experiments, used at Altamont](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d2bac17/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F0d%2Fc8%2F767b2b1e45c89af342cbffffb8dc%2F212n10167-bts8p-1.jpg)
10. [Power Amplifier] | Owsley’s early sound experiments, used at Altamont
![[Power Amplifier] | MI-200, used at Altamont](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/28fb5d9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F51%2Faa%2Faff82ea242a98264523b9a895723%2F210n10167-bts8n-2.jpg)
11. [Power Amplifier] | MI-200, used at Altamont
![[Power Amplifier] | MI-200, used at Altamont](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6bd5c84/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F61%2F1d%2Ffc92f3f14b0bb3d4e5e4a085aaf5%2F211n10167-bts8m-1.jpg)
12. [Power Amplifier] | MI-200, used at Altamont
![[Power Amplifier] | Part of Owsley’s P.A. experiments, used at Altamont](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/543ce21/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ffa%2F0a%2F2068e1b64620950a639316c79a3f%2F105n10167-bts8f-01.jpg)
13. [Power Amplifier] | Part of Owsley’s P.A. experiments, used at Altamont
![[Power Amplifier] | Part of Owsley’s P.A. experiments, used at Altamont](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/10c2b22/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F3a%2F4f%2F581ccadf4b11ac1eee65743d749e%2F103n10167-bts8d-01.jpg)
14. [Power Amplifier] | Part of Owsley’s P.A. experiments, used at Altamont
![[Power Amplifier] | Part of Owsley’s P.A. experiments, used at Altamont](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c3089be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F72%2F9c%2Fcc445b7d4a069f83393dde8212a8%2F102n10167-bts7b-01.jpg)
15. [Power Amplifier] | Part of Owsley’s P.A. experiments, used at Altamont
16. Altec Lansing | H-811 Tweeter used at Altamont
18. Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart | Rotating sound synthesizer pedal, used by the Dead
19. Owsley "Bear" Stanley | Wardrobe case, for Nudie suits and to hide his creations
20. Lawrence “Ram Rod” Shurtliff | His reel-to-reel, used by Owsley Stanley and Bob Matthews
21. Ron “Pigpen” McKernan | Shirt worn onstage at Sound Storm, 1970
22. Lawrence “Ram Rod” Shurtliff | “Give me an A to tune to”
23. Grateful Dead | “Business always had to be conducted”
24. Courtenay Pollock | Stage-used “Geometriart” tie-dye speaker cover, ca. 1971
25. Courtenay Pollock | Stage-used “Geometriart” tie-dye speaker covers, ca. 1971
26. Grateful Dead, and New Riders of the Purple Sage | Vintage concert poster — the cancelled show
![[Jerry Garcia] | Garcia’s mixing board, from his Stinson Beach home](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/42516cc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1463+0+0/resize/150x110!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F05%2F43%2Fb0008a9c42fe95df2058c21d5f0e%2F205n10167-bvdws-5.jpg)
27. [Jerry Garcia] | Garcia’s mixing board, from his Stinson Beach home
28. Electromusic/CBS | Leslie preamp, ca. 1965
29. Jerry Garcia | One of the rarest vintage guitar effects
30. Bob Thomas | Steal Your Face logo, printed by Thomas and given to Ram Rod
![Herb Greene [photographer] — [Grateful Dead] | Portrait of the Dead, signed](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/182f1ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1565x2000+0+0/resize/150x192!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fef%2Fc7%2F13d6e28d43689991e00832ff39a5%2F140n10167-btsc8-1.jpg)
31. Herb Greene [photographer] — [Grateful Dead] | Portrait of the Dead, signed
![[Neal Cassady] | “Cowboy Neal” flexing](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b857259/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1545+0+0/resize/150x116!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F8d%2F87%2F1d3083174dc4b0f7d35096d4c851%2F108n10167-btsf9-1-a.jpg)
32. [Neal Cassady] | “Cowboy Neal” flexing
![Herb Greene [photographer] — [Neal Cassady] | Portrait of Cassady, signed by Greene](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5db07ce/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1610x2000+0+0/resize/150x186!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fb0%2F2a%2Fe1aabfe049699a7fdf4f3d835f17%2F133n10167-btsff-1.jpg)
33. Herb Greene [photographer] — [Neal Cassady] | Portrait of Cassady, signed by Greene
34. Wall of Sound | Purple road case, custom built for a McIntosh amp
35. Wall of Sound | Orange road case, custom built for a McIntosh amp
36. Wall of Sound | The amp that made Garcia's Twin “sound huge”
37. Wall of Sound | MC 2300, for the vocal cluster
38. Wall of Sound | MC 2300, for the piano cluster
39. Wall of Sound | MC 2300
40. Wall of Sound | Bob Weir’s MC 2300
41. Wall of Sound | MC 2300
42. Wall of Sound | MC 2300, for the piano cluster
43. Wall of Sound | One of the Dead's first MC 2300's
44. Wall of Sound | Weir’s cab
45. Wall of Sound | One of Garcia’s cabs
46. Wall of Sound | Bass cab
47. Wall of Sound | Alembic speaker cabinet
48. Wall of Sound | Handmade speaker cabinet
49. Wall of Sound | From the centerpiece vocal cluster