Jerry Garcia’s personal test pressing of his 1982 solo album Run For the Roses. This test pressing was sold by Garcia’s widow, Deborah Koons Garcia, at a Bonhams auction of Garcia’s personal property. With a letter from Bonhams confirming that this test pressing was part of Lot 344 of the all-Garcia sale Alligator! A San […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal acetate of side 1/side 2 of the Grateful Dead’s 1971 self-titled double album, better known as Skull and Roses. This acetate was sold by Garcia’s widow, Deborah Koons Garcia, at a Bonhams auction of Garcia’s personal property. Wikipedia notes the album, “Although published without a title, it is generally known by the […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal laminate backstage pass for the Grateful Dead’s 15th Anniversary Shows at San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre, given by Garcia to the band’s publicist. To mark the Dead’s 15th anniversary as a band, the group played a fifteen night stint at the Warfield. As explained in the accompanying letter of authenticity: During 1979 and […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal acetates of the Grateful Dead’s 1971 self-titled double album, better known as Skull and Roses. These acetates were sold by Garcia’s widow, Deborah Koons Garcia, at a Bonhams auction of Garcia’s personal property. Wikipedia notes the album, “Although published without a title, it is generally known by the names Skull and Roses […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal test pressings of the Grateful Dead’s 1972 live triple album, Europe ’72. These test pressings were sold by Garcia’s widow, Deborah Koons Garcia, at a Bonhams auction of Garcia’s personal property. Wikipedia notes the album, recorded during the band’s 1972 tour of Western Europe “was expensive and logistically complicated, and the band’s […]
A beautiful handmade beaded leather guitar strap, owned and used by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. We purchased this and another of Garcia’s guitar straps in a single lot at a Bonham’s auction of Jerry Garcia’s personal property, consigned by his widow Deborah Koons Garcia. The strap features fourteen beaded butterflies, each unique in […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal acetate of his 1974 second solo Album, Garcia (aka Complements). We acquired this acetate at a Bonham’s auction of Jerry Garcia’s personal property, consigned by his widow Deborah Koons Garcia. Garcia titled both his 1971 debut album and this, his 1974 second solo album, Garcia. The second album soon became known as […]
A copy of Jerry Garcia’s 1974 album Garcia (aka Complements), signed on the back cover by the Grateful Dead guitar legend. This album was signed for a woman who ran the Dead’s San Rafael office. Garcia titled both his 1971 debut album and this, his 1974 second solo album, Garcia. The second album soon became […]
A C.F. Martin Co. leather guitar strap, owned and used by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. We purchased two of Garcia’s guitar straps in a single lot at a Bonham’s auction of Jerry Garcia’s personal property, consigned by his widow Deborah Koons Garcia. The off-white strap measures 43.5″ end to end, and is in […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal test pressing of the 1972 remix of the Grateful Dead’s classic album Aoxomoxoa, with his handwritten notations. The original Aoxomoxoa was released by Warner Bros. Records in 1969, but in 1971 Garcia and Phil Lesh remixed the album, with their new mix replacing the original. This is one of two test pressings […]
A very rare “collector’s edition” of the Jerry Garcia Band with Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman’s”Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound.” This 6 CD box set, issued in a long-sold-out edition of 750, includes a signed limited edition silkscreen by Stanley Mouse, is housed in an ingeniously designed custom built box/frame that can be hung […]
A very rare program from the 1963 Monterey Folk Festival, which featured Bob Dylan’s first-ever West Coast performance, and a very early appearance by his longtime friend, Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia. On May 18, 1963 the barely known Dylan performed four songs, comprised of (according to Clinton Heylin’s Life in Stolen Moments) ‘a talkin’ […]
A superb original hand printed 11″ x 14″ photograph of Jerry Garcia, taken in 1987 by legendary San Francisco photographer Herb Greene, who has titled and signed the photograph with his copyright notice along the bottom border. This famous photograph was used for the poster and program for Garcia’s legendary 13 night run on Broadway in New […]
An original photograph of Jerry Garcia with a camel in Egypt by noted English photographer Adrian Boot, taken during the Grateful Dead’s 1978 concert at the pyramids. On the back this has been titled “Grateful Dead A/B” with a handwritten copyright notice for photographer Adrian Boot, and two credit stickers from Retna Pictures photo library. […]
An original photograph of Jerry Garcia in Egypt by noted English photographer Adrian Boot, taken during the Grateful Dead’s 1978 concert at the pyramids. This has been titled “Dead-Egypt” and signed and dated “A.Boot ’91” on the front by Adrian Boot. On the back is Boot’s stamped photo credit and two credit stickers. This rare, […]