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"The Days Between," the Hunter/Garcia song that most poignantly evokes the promise the pair felt when they began to imagine the future in the early 1960s together, now means the nine-day stretch from August 1, Garcia's birthday, to August 9, the anniversary of his passing. It's become the Dead Head's high holy days, the community's quiet, sacred time in the Grateful Dead calendar year.Relix presents a curated sale honoring Jerry Garcia, not only as a musician, but as an icon whose image became folk art for a generation. These lots trace Garcia's cultural afterlife through the objects fans made, mailed, wore, and kept, the tributes that commemorate the guitarist who became a legend and trace that remarkable path.Leading the sale is a rare color lithograph of Garcia by noted 1960s photographer Gene Anthony, depicting Garcia in 1967 at the peak of his "Captain Trips" Haight-Ashbury guise. Signed by the artist and mounted on archival board, it is unbelievably rare, a genuine standout for any serious collection. Even more rare is a Lithuanian Olympic basketball jersey bearing "Garcia" on the back. Other standouts include a life-size poster of Garcia's signature axe Rosebud, Robert Hunter's haunting poetic broadside "An Elegy for Jerry," one of the official copies mailed to Dead Heads after Garcia's passing, along with volunteer laminates from the 8/13/95 Golden Gate Park memorial, the Montserrat "Dancing Bear" Memorial Stamp Project sets, and the rare Bill Graham Presents "Jerry Garcia on Broadway" marquee mugs.Nine days. A lifetime of tributes. Bid accordingly.-- as always.

In 1992, a newly independent Lithuanian basketball team arrived at the Barcelona Olympics short on funding. The Grateful Dead helped: a $5,000 donation, and, more consequentially, a license letting the team sell tie-dye shirts featuring the band's imagery.New York artist Greg Speirs designed the run, a slam-dunking skeleton he called "Skullman," rendered in Lithuania's national colors. The shirts sold fast, reportedly around 20,000 in the first week, with a share of proceeds going to the Lithuanian Olympic Committee. (The Dead weren't the only ones pitching in: NBA guard Šarūnas Marčiulionis and scout Donnie Nelson also raised money for the team.)Lithuania went on to take bronze, wearing the tie-dye on the podium, one of the more unlikely crossovers of counterculture and Olympic sport.This is the actual design of the jersey, not a copy, designed to honor the Dead's&nbsp;guiding light. One of the most unique and prominent examples of the Dead's philanthropy, and a powerful statement of the ideals that they quietly embodied as they embraced their growing stature as public figures in the 1990s.This one-of-a-kind jersey bears the name “Garcia” across the reverse, a one-off sample that honors this evocative&nbsp;moment of the&nbsp;Dead championing an underdog who prevailed, providing a direct thread back to the moment the Dead's generosity was transformed into an international symbol of freedom and fun. No distinguishing label present, and no evidence of removal.Mint condition, and one of the most story-rich pieces in the collection.Size: Oversized/tall-cut XLLength = 34"Seam to seam = 24"

1992 Lithuanian Olympic Basketball Jersey — Original, One-of-a-Kind “Garcia” Reverse

“Rosebud” was the name of one of Jerry Garcia's most iconic custom guitars — built by luthier Doug Irwin and famously inlaid with a dancing skeleton, an instrument as personal to him as his own voice. This life-size poster renders Garcia at full human scale, the kind of piece that turns a wall into a shrine and anchors a room the moment the&nbsp;eye catches it. For the&nbsp;aficionado who wants his Jerry life-sized and his&nbsp;music even larger.Very good condition. Slight creases from rolling; small tear on the bottom (see images). Heavy art stock, one of only 24 copies.24" x 48"

Life-Size Jerry Garcia “Rosebud” Poster

Hand-numbered 873 of 5,000, this print represents the pinnacle of Garcia's image-turned-icon, the fine art culmination of the vast folk-art economy that grew up around Jerry Garcia. Created by the countless artists who translated his instantly recognizable visage into the face fans could bring into their homes and make a part of their lives, this brooding portrayal captures how a musician becomes an&nbsp;inspiration: reproduced, circulated, and loved a thousand times over until the image is as familiar as the music. A clean, collectible entry into that tradition, and an affordable way to own an image that belongs to history in a numbered piece of the Garcia canon.Mint Condition25" x 34"

Jerry Garcia by Joseph DiVencenzo — Hand-Numbered 873 of 5,000

In Garcia's final years his two most-played guitars, “Lightning Bolt” and “Top Hat,” came from an unlikely source: Stephen Cripe, a self-taught Florida woodworker who had never built an electric guitar and reportedly worked from photographs — even repurposing a slab of 19th-century rosewood for one body. That improbable partnership is one of the great deep-cut stories in Dead lore, and this limited edition of just 24 (unnumbered) celebrates it. A true rarity for the collector who already knows the hits and wants the hidden chapters. Mint 24" x 37"

Garcia “Cripe” Guitar — Limited Edition of 24 (Unnumbered)

Photographer Gene Anthony was there for the birth of all of it — the 1967 Human Be-In, the Summer of Love, the Haight-Ashbury streets where the Grateful Dead were still the neighborhood band before they were a national phenomenon. This 1967 color lithograph captures Garcia at that exact hinge in history, when the whole culture was crystallizing around a few blocks of San Francisco. Signed by the artist and mounted on archival board, it is the undisputed centerpiece of this sale: a photograph turned artwork from the instant a movement found its face. Very rare. Mint. 7x5 inches.

Jerry Garcia, 1967 — Signed Gene Anthony Color Lithograph

When Garcia died on August 9, 1995, grief moved through the Deadhead world like something physical, and fans reached for any way to keep him close. This memorial necklace does exactly that — a metal pendant etched with his face on the front and “Jerry Garcia 1942–1995” on the reverse, strung on a braided cord meant to be worn, not shelved. It's mourning you can carry, devotion made wearable. A quietly powerful piece for anyone who felt that loss. Mint.

Jerry Garcia Memorial Necklace — Etched Portrait, 1942–1995

By the mid-1980s the Jerry Garcia Band was Garcia's other life — looser, funkier, a place to stretch out beyond the machinery of the Dead — and a two-night stand at the Wiltern in Los Angeles was a hot ticket. This patron handbill for the March 13–14, 1987 run was produced by Bill Graham Presents, the promotion empire built by the most legendary impresario in rock history, whose graphic work is fiercely collected in its own right. Premium concert ephemera from a great room on a great night. Very rare. Mint.

Jerry Garcia Band — Wiltern Theatre, LA, Mar 13–14 1987 Patron Handbill

Robert Hunter was the invisible half of Jerry Garcia — the lyricist behind “Ripple,” “Box of Rain,” “Truckin',” "The Days Between," and so much of the songbook Garcia brought to life and made immortal. When his old friend and lifelong songwriting partner Garcia died, Hunter answered in the deepest way he knew: with words. “An Elegy for Jerry” is his most powerful elegy, a poetic&nbsp;tribute he read aloud at Garcia's funeral and later memorialized in this limited edition broadside mailed out to Dead Heads as a gift from the band to their fans, honoring their fallen comrade and the bond that united them all, just as Hunter honored the one he forged with Garcia. To hold this handbill is to hold the moment the band's own poet said goodbye. Near mint — and quietly one of the most moving artifacts in the sale.

Robert Hunter — “An Elegy for Jerry” Memorial Handbill

On August 13, 1995, tens of thousands of mourners filled the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park — the same park where the Dead had played for free in the '60s — to say goodbye to Jerry Garcia. This volunteer laminate is a backstage relic of that day, worn by the dozens of volunteers who assisted BGP staff in ferrying the hundreds and hundreds of artifacts, flowers, and gifts that created one of the most remarkable&nbsp;altars ever built for a musician. This badge of service honors the musician, the extraordinary&nbsp;connection he created with his listeners, and the hundreds who offered their service to put the memorial together. It isn't a souvenir; it's a piece of the funeral for an era, from the afternoon a city and a scene grieved out loud together.&nbsp;Mint.

Jerry Garcia Memorial Laminate — Golden Gate Park, 8/13/1995

Conducted by Yale law school professor Charles Reich, noted author of classic bestseller The Greening of America, along with Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann Wenner, this interview provided the first sustained, book-length view of the Dead as they entered the 1970s from the mind of the musician who, for many fans, represented the leader and guiding spirit of the band. This is the book that immortalized Garcia as the philosopher-king of the Haight-Ashbury and the book that turned Rolling Stone into a serious publisher, not just a music magazine. Finally given the fine book treatment it deserves with an archival, custom&nbsp;clamshell rare book box with an exclusive&nbsp;Garcia handprint foil imprint.Straight Arrow, 1972. Hardbound in dust jacket, 254 pp. Quarto. First edition. Near fine, very good condition with a dust jacket that is in very good condition, with some chipping to the lower edges and discoloration on the jacket.

Garcia: A Signpost to New Space | Jerry Garcia with Charles Reich & Jann Wenner | Straight Arrow, 1972 | First Edition

The ultimate&nbsp;commemoratives of the final performance of a towering musician, who spent his life giving music to others.Own a piece of music history with this rare Grateful Dead Soldier Field Ticket &amp; Backstage Pass Set from the band’s final performances with Jerry Garcia. This EXTREMELY LIMITED 4-piece set includes one ticket and one backstage pass for each night, July 8 and 9, 1995, when the Dead took the stage at Soldier Field in Chicago for what would become Jerry Garcia's final performances and the last Grateful Dead shows.Opening with The Band, these emotionally charged shows marked the end of an era. Jerry Garcia’s passing one month later, on August 9, 1995, cast these nights in a new light, transforming them from tour stops into a sacred farewell for Deadheads around the world. The Grateful Dead would not perform under that name again until the 2015 “Fare Thee Well” shows, a full 20 years later.The set is preserved in mint condition, with all four items housed in archival-grade sleeves for long-term protection. The unused backstage passes feature vibrant graphics from the era, and the unused tickets remain as issued, never torn, never scanned.This set offers an unparalleled opportunity to own a tangible memory from the Dead’s storied journey. A must-have for fans, archivists, and music historians alike.

Grateful Dead – Final Show Ticket & Backstage Pass Set (Soldier Field, Chicago, IL – July 8–9, 1995)

In the days after Garcia's death, grief in the Deadhead world turned almost instantly into art — hand-drawn, photocopied, and stuck to guitar cases and van bumpers from coast to coast. These fan-made “Thank You Jerry...” stickers come from the August 13, 1995 memorial in Golden Gate Park: three copies of a spontaneous, communal act of mourning. Ephemeral by nature, which is exactly why surviving examples are worth keeping. Mint.

“Thank You Jerry” Fan Sticker — Garcia Memorial, Golden Gate Park, 8/13/1995 (Set of 3)

“Don't Let A Living Legend Die” — an illustrated fan tribute from The Sticker Guy, produced in the wake of Garcia's passing. It's a snapshot of how the community actually processed loss: not through official statements but through grassroots, self-published art passed hand to hand in parking lots and record shops. Set of three, and a vivid piece of the movement's DIY heart. Mint.

“Don't Let A Living Legend Die” Tribute Postcard by The Sticker Guy (Set of 3)

By 2001, Jerry Garcia had become the rarest kind of American figure — a countercultural saint printed, half in tribute and half in wink, onto his own money. This novelty commemorative “bill” puts his face where a president's would go, a cheeky nod to just how thoroughly he'd entered the national imagination. Garcia was legendarily indifferent to money. But his music was priceless. This bill celebrates both--improbably. Ironically priced and a&nbsp;guaranteed grin. Mint.

Jerry Garcia Commemorative Bill — 2001 Novelty Note

Few people realized Jerry Garcia was a serious visual artist until the early 1990s, when his abstract paintings and watercolors were licensed into the wildly successful “J. Garcia” necktie line — silk ties that smuggled his artwork into boardrooms, department stores, and Father's Day gift boxes across America, and became an unlikely fashion phenomenon. These 23 neckties come from that collection: the moment Garcia the painter quietly reached millions of people who'd never once been to a show. Mint.

J. Garcia Neckties (Set of 23)

When Todd McFarlane — the comics superstar behind Spawn — turned his hyper-detailed toy company loose on music legends, Jerry Garcia made the cut. This 2001 McFarlane figurine renders him in intricate detail on a display stand, a small act of pop-culture canonization that set Garcia on the shelf beside the icons of the action-figure age. Display-ready and instantly recognizable. A fun collectible with real shelf presence.Good condition. Crease on hang tag and damage on top of the plastic casing (see images).

Jerry Garcia Figurine by McFarlane Toys (2001)

Before the mythology hardened around him, there was just Jerry — funny, curious, endlessly articulate. “A Talk with Jerry Garcia,” dated 1982, is exactly that: the man himself in conversation, a spoken-word document of how he actually thought and spoke at the height of the band's road years. For collectors, the voice is the artifact — an hour in a room with Garcia, preserved. CD.

A Talk with Jerry Garcia (1982) — CD

Wolfgang's was an expression of one of Bill Graham's treasured roles, the hometown club owner who could provide an intimate place for musicians to connect with their listeners in a respectful, nurturing and deeply meaningful environment. Jerry treasured his duets with longtime friend and colleague John Kahn, but just as meaningful was the fact that he could do so at the club named for his old friend Bill, whose lifelong friendship was forged at the Trips Festival in 1966, when he saw a side of the brusk promoter that touched him deeply. These two matchbooks document the kind of deeply personal moments that Graham's vision sought to foster, giving Garcia's music the stage it needed to touch the shared humanity that inspired so many listeners. Ephemera from Wolfgang's is incredibly rare. These fragments are relics, matchbooks that speak to the sparks that could ignite when a great promoter and a great artist joined forces.This lot pairs two Wolfgang's matchbooks, each carrying a fan's handwritten note tying it to a Jerry Garcia and John Kahn appearance (one dated 8/28/1984); Kahn was Garcia's closest musical foil for two decades, the bassist at his side through nearly every side project. The attributions are the fans' own and unverified, but the romance of two matchbooks pocketed on specific nights is the whole point. Sold together as a pair. Mint and VERY Rare.

Wolfgang's Matchbooks — Two, w/ Fan Notes (Garcia & Kahn, SF) — VERY RARE

In the fall of 1987, Jerry Garcia did something almost no rock musician ever does — a multi-night run on Broadway, lighting up a New York theater marquee with his own name. This Bill Graham Presents mug commemorates that unlikely, elegant chapter, carrying the "Jerry Garcia on Broadway" marquee design with BGP's unmistakable eye for graphics. Rare, useable, and a perfect small piece of the story. Excellent.

"Jerry Garcia on Broadway" Coffee Mug — BGP Marquee Design

One of the stranger and sweeter facts of Jerry Garcia's afterlife is that sovereign nations printed the Grateful Dead onto official postage. This single lot gathers the collection's entire Garcia Memorial Stamp Project in one sweep: Montserrat's 1995 and 1996 issues alongside a 1995 Tanzania commemorative — headlined by a complete, uncut 30-stamp "Dancing Bear" sheet and rounded out with hand-numbered six-stamp sets, individual singles, and coveted first-day-postmarked examples, each accompanied by its Certificate of Authenticity. It's the whole improbable crossover of Deadhead devotion and world philately, sold together as one turnkey collection. Mint &amp; sealed.

The Days Between: A Jerry Garcia Auction