From the Vault: Property from the Grateful Dead and Friends

From the Vault: Property from the Grateful Dead and Friends

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 221. Bob Weir | Alvarez, WY-2 Bob Weir signature model.

Property of Bob Weir

Bob Weir | Alvarez, WY-2 Bob Weir signature model

Lot Closed

October 14, 09:44 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of Bob Weir


Alvarez, WY-2 Bob Weir signature model, serial number 46382, made in Japan. Used on stage with RatDog. Features Modulus graphite neck, rosewood fingerboard with lightning bolt inlay at 12th fret, original electronics removed and Sunrise magnetic soundhole pickup added, spruce top, mahogany back and sides. Includes hard shell case.


Very good condition. Signs of regular playwear. Original preamp and pickup removed, plastic cover over hole in the side from the preamp.


REFERENCE

Sotheby's would like to thank Alex Whitman of TR Crandall Guitars for his assistance with this lot.

You May Also Like

Salinger, J.D. | The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more
Salinger, J.D. | The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more

Estimate: 120,000 - 180,000 USD

Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, paperback issue
Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, paperback issue

Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD

Mosby, John Singleton | Three letters to his wife, 1861–1862, taking him from Bull Run to officer rank
Mosby, John Singleton | Three letters to his wife, 1861–1862, taking him from Bull Run to officer rank

Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD

Fitzgerald, F. Scott | “Now you just go right to sleep” — This Side of Paradise, inscribed to his nurse, Carma Kaufman Freeman
Fitzgerald, F. Scott | “Now you just go right to sleep” — This Side of Paradise, inscribed to his nurse, Carma Kaufman Freeman

Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD

Casket “à la fanfare”. A wooden rectangular casket covered with red goatskin gilt, possibly by the Ève bindery and possibly for Marie de Médicis, Paris, early seventeenth century
Casket “à la fanfare”. A wooden rectangular casket covered with red goatskin gilt, possibly by the Ève bindery and possibly for Marie de Médicis, Paris, early seventeenth century

Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 EUR

Lee, Harper | Uncorrected proof of To Kill a Mockingbird
Lee, Harper | Uncorrected proof of To Kill a Mockingbird

Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 USD

Hemingway, Ernest | First edition, presentation copy of Death in the Afternoon
Hemingway, Ernest | First edition, presentation copy of Death in the Afternoon

Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD

Harris, William C. | One of the great American fishing books
Harris, William C. | One of the great American fishing books

Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD

The Articles of Confederation | "The stile of this confederacy shall be 'The United States of America'"
The Articles of Confederation | "The stile of this confederacy shall be 'The United States of America'"

Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 USD

"The Freedman's Primer" | The unique surviving copy of an 1864 primer specifically designed for the use of formerly enslaved persons
"The Freedman's Primer" | The unique surviving copy of an 1864 primer specifically designed for the use of formerly enslaved persons

Estimate: 25,000 - 50,000 USD