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From the Vault: Property from the Grateful Dead and Friends

Sotheby's, New York

Date of the auction: 07.10.2021 - 14.10.2021

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Lot number 1
Ken Kesey and Ram Rod | “Can You Pass the Acid Test?
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$10,080
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Lot number 2
Owsley "Bear" Stanley | The alchemist's tools
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$69,300
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Lot number 6
Grateful Dead | The earliest surviving Grateful Dead road case
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$35,280
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Lot number 7
Jerry Garcia | Jerry’s original twin
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$27,720
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Lot number 8
Jerry Garcia | A veteran of too many gigs to count...
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$17,640
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Lot number 11
[Power Amplifier] | MI-200, used at Altamont
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$2,520
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Lot number 12
[Power Amplifier] | MI-200, used at Altamont
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$3,024
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Lot number 13
[Power Amplifier] | Part of Owsley’s P.A. experiments, used at Altamont
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$3,276
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Lot number 14
[Power Amplifier] | Part of Owsley’s P.A. experiments, used at Altamont
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$4,032
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Lot number 15
[Power Amplifier] | Part of Owsley’s P.A. experiments, used at Altamont
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$5,292
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Lot number 16
Altec Lansing | H-811 Tweeter used at Altamont
Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$4,410
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Lot number 19
Owsley "Bear" Stanley | Wardrobe case, for Nudie suits and to hide his...
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$8,820
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Lot number 21
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan | Shirt worn onstage at Sound Storm, 1970
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$21,420
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Lot number 22
Lawrence “Ram Rod” Shurtliff | “Give me an A to tune to”
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$2,520
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Lot number 23
Grateful Dead | “Business always had to be conducted”
Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$7,560
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Lot number 27
[Jerry Garcia] | Garcia’s mixing board, from his Stinson Beach home
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$32,760
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Lot number 28
Electromusic/CBS | Leslie preamp, ca. 1965
Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$4,410
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Lot number 29
Jerry Garcia | One of the rarest vintage guitar effects
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$21,420
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Lot number 30
Bob Thomas | Steal Your Face logo, printed by Thomas and given to Ram Rod
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$30,240
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Lot number 32
[Neal Cassady] | “Cowboy Neal” flexing
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US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$3,024
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Lot number 34
Wall of Sound | Purple road case, custom built for a McIntosh amp
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US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$6,930
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Lot number 35
Wall of Sound | Orange road case, custom built for a McIntosh amp
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US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$6,048
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Lot number 36
Wall of Sound | The amp that made Garcia's Twin “sound huge”
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$378,000
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Lot number 37
Wall of Sound | MC 2300, for the vocal cluster
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$35,280
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Lot number 38
Wall of Sound | MC 2300, for the piano cluster
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$75,600
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Lot number 39
Wall of Sound | MC 2300
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$40,320
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Lot number 40
Wall of Sound | Bob Weir’s MC 2300
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$37,800
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Lot number 41
Wall of Sound | MC 2300
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$37,800
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Lot number 42
Wall of Sound | MC 2300, for the piano cluster
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$25,200
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Lot number 43
Wall of Sound | One of the Dead's first MC 2300's
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$94,500
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Lot number 44
Wall of Sound | Weir’s cab
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$10,080
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Lot number 45
Wall of Sound | One of Garcia’s cabs
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US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$6,048
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Lot number 46
Wall of Sound | Bass cab
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$8,820
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Lot number 47
Wall of Sound | Alembic speaker cabinet
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US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$16,380
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Lot number 48
Wall of Sound | Handmade speaker cabinet
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$21,420
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Lot number 49
Wall of Sound | From the centerpiece vocal cluster
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US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$15,120
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Lot number 50
Wall of Sound | Speaker cabinet, handmade at Alembic
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$17,640
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Lot number 51
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan | Stage-used Wurlitzer
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
US$52,920
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Lot number 53
Keith Godchaux | Stage-used Rhodes
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$6,930
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Lot number 54
Jerry Garcia Band | Stage-used Fender Rhodes Mark II
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US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$8,820
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Lot number 55
Brent Mydland | Brent adopts the first fully programmable polyphonic synth
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$8,820
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Lot number 56
Brent Mydland | Stage-used Prophet 10
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$10,710
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Lot number 57
Brent Mydland | Stage-used synthesizer
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US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$10,080
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Lot number 58
Brent Mydland | Stage-used Yamaha DX7
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$5,040
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Lot number 59
Brent Mydland | Leslie speaker cabinet
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$30,240
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Lot number 60
Brent Mydland | Roland Juno 106
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$6,300
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Lot number 61
Brent Mydland | A staple of Mydland’s mid-80’s sound
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$11,970
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Lot number 62
Brent Mydland | An original Korg M-1
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US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$5,040
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Lot number 63
Vince Welnick | An early example of the iconic Kurzweil MidiBoard
Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$4,410
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Lot number 64
Vince Welnick | Early production XB2
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US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$2,394
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Lot number 65
Vince Welnick | Korg T-1
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US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$3,276
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Lot number 67
Jerry Garcia | Garica’s ARP Odyssey 2800
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$13,860
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Lot number 68
Jerry Garcia | Yamaha YC-45D, played by Garcia
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US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$6,930
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Lot number 69
Lawrence “Ram Rod” Shurtliff | His life on the road
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US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$3,024
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Lot number 70
Grateful Dead | Snare drum case
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US$800 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$11,970
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Lot number 71
Bob Weir | From the 1978 Rupp Arena
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US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$6,300
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Lot number 72
Hard Truckers | JGB speaker cab
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$12,600
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Lot number 73
Jerry Garcia | Stage-used speaker cab
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US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$5,292
Image
Lot number 74
Lawrence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff | Stage-used tubes
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$4,410
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Lot number 75
Grateful Dead | Two ribbon tweeters, used live
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$3,024
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Lot number 76
Grateful Dead | AC Distribution Panel, used by the Dead for live shows
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$10,710
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Lot number 77
Grateful Dead | A quick hit at the show...
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$25,200
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Lot number 78
Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse | Englishtown ‘77
Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
US$56,700
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Lot number 79
[Road Case] | Rolling road case, used on tour
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$27,720
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Lot number 80
Tom Fogerty | Fender Amplifier played at rehearsals by Fogerty
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$4,032
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