Grateful Dead Avalon Ballroom Poster 1966 26(2) Stanley Mouse Family Dog AS IS

Description

Hello! Today I am offering a rare piece of Grateful Dead concert memorabilia - a "26 (2)" copy of the September 16-17,1966 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco concert by the Grateful Dead. See all photos, read all descriptions, and ask any questions BEFORE you bid. Read my feedback and bid with confidence!
Due to rarity of this piece, it will be shipped flat, and shipped priority mail.
No local hand-off delivery.
Please, no offers at this time.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE YOU COMMIT TO BIDDING - I am offering this AS IS:
- Poster has pin holes at each corner, and at top and bottom center
- Poster shows tears on the edges.
- Poster shows a chunk missing at the lower right edge.
- Poster shows tape yellowing at the top edge
- Poster shows extensive glue residue (not sticky) on the back.
- Poster shows pen mark at the light blue center.
- Poster shows some yellowing on the original white portion of the piece.
This is the second edition of this poster.
It is marked "26 (2) at the lower left corner.
Family Dog Productions 1966
Notes Bindweed Press, San Francisco
Show ticket outlets in San Francisco, Sausalito, Berkeley, and Menlo Park.
Measures about 14" x 20"
First edition originals, in mint condition have sold for 0,000+ (again, this is a second printing piece)
Considered by collectors as being the most famous, and most desirable Family Dog poster.
Artist: Original 1920s-era work of Edward Joseph Sullivan (1869-1933) as Line - An Art Study, 1920-1922.  (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam). Stanley Mouse added color and additional graphics, for the more iconic graphic we see today, representing the Grateful Dead. Noted "Mouse! Studios 66" on the poster.