Sotheby's GD Gear Auction Oct 7 - Full List of Items
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https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/from-the-vault-property-fro...
Some way cool stuff in there. Lots of band stage gear, including Pigpen's Wurlitzer organ, Jerry's original Fender Twin amp, rare pedals, and bits and pieces from the Wall Of Sound. Not much Phil gear, though, but a Fender Dual Showman cab with JBL speakers used by John Kahn would be one of my top choices, as a bass player.
Dan Healey's t-shirt collection is also for sale, if you want to spend $700 on one.
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Kill me already!!!!
Kill me already!!!!
I'm sooooooo happy I left the scene in the 80's.
Totally embarrassed now!
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Yeah, no shirt taken. Who is
Yeah, no shirt taken. Who is going to buy these, wealthy businessmen ?
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No spot taken, but Garcia
No spot taken, but Garcia wore one of those red Santa Barbara shirts at that show in '77.
(I saw Dylan at that gym in 2001, right after 9/11. I've never seen that many cops at a California show).
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Some interesting items. If I
Some interesting items. If I had cash to burn, I'm sure I could find something to spend it on.
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I'm half tempted to get one
I'm half tempted to get one of Brent's keyboards, or Weir's first stage cabinet.
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This article is a bit more
This article is more descriptive than the Sotheby's catalog listings, and includes come interesting commentary by Steve Parish:
https://www.gq.com/story/grateful-dead-auction
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This setlist is all over the
This setlist is all over the map but suggests they we're trying some old gems later in the 90s
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/from-the-vault-property-fro...
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Beginning very quickly with
Beginning very quickly with basically no preview. These auctions are usually pushed out to the subscribers months in advance, and heavily advertised.
some (a lot) of this stuff will go dirt cheap because of timeline alone. Sure, there will also be some surprises.
this auction will basically establish and set the market for BW guitars all in one shot, of which there really aren't any of in collector hands that I am aware of.
this is the motherlode though. Subsequent GD auctions will just be bits and pieces in the future.
still, nobody seems to know where that nudie jacket is.
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Bob's latter day effects rack
Bob's latter day effects rack is a goodie- with the Soldano/Caswell pre-amp and the Marshall processor.
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“Big” Steve Parish: “Bought
“Big” Steve Parish: “Bought by us on the crew while buying Army surplus racks for the Wall of Sound. Used for nitrous oxide—one of our fun party favorites. We used it for recreation at all private parties and at many shows, as seen in The Grateful Dead Movie. This oxygen mask was a convenient way to solve the problem of a direct delivery system, providing a reliable connection to pass around a hose attached to the nitrous tank. Provided an easy way for the band and crew to have a quick hit at the show.”
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Letter from Annabelle Garcia
Letter from Annabelle Garcia (approx. age 7), one leaf (11 x 8.5’’) written in blue ink on white paper, drawing on verso, note on recto reading “I AM NOT GOING TO SCHOOL. | I HAVE GOT 3 TETH [sic] GONE. | THE TOOTH FAIRY GAVE ME A JOINT. | LOVE ANNABELLE” [with] envelope (4.1 x 9.25’’) addressed to Garcia; old folds and stain to letter, browning and stains to envelope.
Garcia's unusual parenting skills...
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Lot #78 Kelley-Mouse Cyclops
Lot #78 Kelley-Mouse Cyclops Stage Backdrop from Englishtown'77
many minds were melted looking at that...
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Some of this is sad, to see
Some of this is sad, to see it end up at such an impersonal auction.
I'm too much of a museum person, and a sentimental person.
https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-from-the-vault-auction-list
"Garcia’s handwritten lyrics to Bob Dylan’s 'Going, Going, Gone' and 'Tough Mama' as well as to Hank Ballard’s 'Tore Up Over You' are listed among the highlights included in the lot. There’s also a letter written to Jerry from his daughter, Annabelle Garcia, when she was approximately seven-years-old."
This should have went to the GD Archive at UC Santa Cruz:
https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/gratefuldeadarchive
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Duncan, the lot with
Duncan, the lot with Annabelle's letter appears to have been removed from the auction.
Hopefully this is the case.
(Comment Not inserted here _______, on the "owner" of that lot).
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Jerry's electric Guild 12
Jerry's electric Guild 12 string just sold for $100 800, the 'budman' McIntosh amp went for $378 000. That's history. Yep.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news
https://www.yahoo.com/news/1967-grateful-dead-t-shirt-175200819.html
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Internet reporting - no
Internet reporting - no fucking picture of what the $ 18,000 t shirt looks like, pissed me off earlier too
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The shirt features the
The shirt features the Grateful Dead’s band name and two sunbeam shapes that look similar to the yin-yang sign from Taoism, a philosophical and spiritual belief system from China.
Sotheby’s reported that the yellow T-shirt goes back to 1967 and was used in some of the Grateful Dead’s early "major performances."
You can have it. I'll pass.
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I would sell it in less than
I would sell it for that in less than a heartbeat if I had one too. Healy cashin' in/out.
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I thought it meant Grateful
I thought it meant Grateful Dead greatest tits
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If it was dipped in some of
If it was dipped in some of Owsley's finest from 1967, it might be worth $18k.
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Reminds me of a Tiger
Reminds me of a Tiger Nautilus