Relix

Due to the size and nature of this item, shipping requires custom freight/cartage. ANALOGr will contact you following the auction to arrange shipping logistics and coordinate a custom solution.An official Grateful Dead DARKSTAR branded pair of downhill slalom skis—branded as a "Gravity Control Device"—representing the Dead's foray into licensed merchandise beyond the typical music and apparel categories. Constructed with Lamniwrap technology, Kevlar reinforcement, and a Multisint base, these skis were designed by Not Fade Away Graphics and are labeled MADE IN USA with a "Radical Slalom Sidecut" geometry. Never used and stored in their original wrapping, they have spent years in a barn and the edges will require sharpening; one ski has a slight tail delamination. A genuinely unusual collectible at the intersection of the Grateful Dead's brand identity and 1980s ski culture. For the Deadhead who has everything—except these.

Grateful Dead DARKSTAR Downhill Slalom Skis — 'Gravity Control Device'

The Grateful Dead did not simply perform concerts. They built a world, night after night, in which electricity, improvisation, and the collective will of thousands of listeners converged into something that resisted every attempt to contain or define it. No recording could fully capture it. No photograph could hold it. And so the band's crew — engineers and roadies and sonic architects working under names like Owsley Bear, Ram Rod, Kidd Candelario, and Sparky Raizene — built systems of ever-increasing ambition in pursuit of a simple, impossible goal: to make the sound as large as the experience. The Wall of Sound, deployed across the Dead's historic 1974 touring season, was the apotheosis of that pursuit: a 641-speaker, 26,400-watt apparatus so colossal it required its own trucks, its own structural engineering, and a full day of assembly before a single note was played. It remains the most ambitious live sound installation in the history of popular music.This auction, the fifty-second presented by ANALOGr in partnership with Relix, gathers that hardware — and much more — into a single historic sale. McIntosh MC 2300 amplifiers that carried Garcia's signal through the Wall's towering arrays sit alongside the 1967 Fender Twin Reverb he played at Newport Pop Festival '68, later passed to John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service. Phil Lesh's original Dual Showman bass head is here, still bearing fragments of Courtney Pollock's tie-dye. So are the Hard Truckers cabinets marked "CHEOPS" — believed to be the monitors the Dead brought to the base of the Great Pyramid in 1978 — and the original Wall of Sound diagram poster, hand-signed by the crew who built it. Beyond the gear, the sale encompasses psychedelic posters, signed memorabilia, original tickets and backstage passes, and an ultra-rare 1965 Scorpio Records 7" single that predates the Dead's mythology entirely. Each lot carries direct, documented provenance traced to the band's inner circle, their personal estates, and their storage lockers. For those who believe that history lives in objects, this is where to look.

Estimated shipping costs: $75 (domestic US) / $225 (international). ANALOGr will contact you following the auction with a shipping invoice.The ultimate trifecta for admirers of what many consider the greatest Grateful Dead concert ever recorded: the May 8, 1977 performance at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York—a show now enshrined in the Smithsonian Institution's Permanent Recording Collection. This lot contains three items: an original used concert ticket from the 5/8/77 show, an original backstage pass from the same date, and a factory-sealed, New Old Stock copy of the "Get Shown the Light" Deluxe Box Set—the official Grateful Dead Records release featuring four complete shows from May 1977 across 11 CDs, limited to 15,000 copies. For anyone serious about the Grateful Dead's legacy, 5/8/77 is the touchstone. This lot is as close as you can get to having been there.

Grateful Dead 5/8/77 Cornell Concert — Original Ticket, Original Backstage Pass & 'Get Shown the Light' Deluxe 11-CD Box Set

Estimated shipping costs: $75 (domestic US) / $225 (international). ANALOGr will contact you following the auction with a shipping invoice.A supremely rare presentation copy of "The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics" by David Dodd, personally inscribed to Tom Stack: "For Tom Stack—Thanks for all the help!" The book comes with two Ex Libris library stamp cards that together carry some of the most significant signatures in Grateful Dead history. Card #228/710 is signed by David Dodd, John Perry Barlow (rare), Bob Weir, Robert Hunter (rare), and illustrator Jim Carpenter. Card #501/710 is signed by David Dodd, John Perry Barlow (rare), Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter (rare), and Jim Carpenter. Barlow and Hunter autographs are exceptionally uncommon on the market; to find both on a single lot—alongside Weir and Lesh—is a genuine rarity. A collector's book elevated by extraordinary provenance.

The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics — Inscribed, Signed by Barlow, Weir, Hunter, Lesh & Dodd

Estimated shipping costs: $75 (domestic US) / $225 (international). ANALOGr will contact you following the auction with a shipping invoice.An original 8 x 10 photograph from the sessions or era surrounding the Grateful Dead's 1974 album "From the Mars Hotel," offered from the personal estate of Lawrence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff—the band's revered head roadie for nearly four decades. Items from Ram Rod's estate carry a deeply personal provenance: these are objects that passed through the hands of a man who was present for the full arc of the Grateful Dead's story, from their earliest days through the final years. As a framed archival photograph with direct Dead family lineage, this piece is equally suited to display or to archival collection.

Grateful Dead Original Mars Hotel Framed Photograph — From the Estate of 'Ram Rod' Shurtliff

Estimated shipping costs: $75 (domestic US) / $225 (international). ANALOGr will contact you following the auction with a shipping invoice.An original piece of Grateful Dead visual art by Stanley Mouse, featuring his iconic wings-and-lettering design—hand-signed by the artist himself. Mouse, alongside Alton Kelley, created some of the most enduring imagery in rock history; his skull-and-roses motifs, lightning-bolt typography, and intricate pen-and-ink work are inseparable from the Grateful Dead's identity. This 11.5 x 9-inch original work is not a reproduction but an authentic signed piece from Mouse's hand, a rare opportunity to acquire a genuine artifact of the psychedelic poster art canon directly linked to the Dead's visual universe.

Grateful Dead Stanley Mouse Original Wings & Lettering Artwork — Signed by Mouse

Estimated shipping costs: $125 (domestic US) / $300 (international). ANALOGr will contact you following the auction with a shipping invoice.An original 11 x 11-inch artwork by Stanley Mouse created for the Grateful Dead's 1980 album "Go to Heaven," hand-signed by Mouse. The "Go to Heaven" record and its accompanying visual identity occupy a distinctive place in Dead mythology—its imagery was controversial and playful in equal measure, and Mouse's visual contribution remains a conversation piece to this day. As a signed original from Mouse's own hand—not a print, poster, or reproduction—this piece occupies a premium tier of Grateful Dead visual memorabilia. Stanley Mouse's contributions to the band's artistic identity are foundational, and signed originals from specific album campaigns are exceptionally rare on the open market.

Grateful Dead 'Go to Heaven' Original Artwork by Stanley Mouse — Signed 

Estimated shipping costs: $75 (domestic US) / $225 (international). ANALOGr will contact you following the auction with a shipping invoice.A signed and silk-screened limited edition poster by Stanley Mouse created for the annual Rock Poster Expo held in San Francisco, depicting his signature skeletal imagery in beautifully detailed pen-and-ink work. The poster carries a printed Mouse signature on the right side, and Mouse personally signed the left side at the show—where Tom Stack purchased it directly from the artist, making this a piece with direct, first-hand ownership provenance. Now 31 years old, this large-format poster (26 x 34 inches) has been personally held by one owner since acquisition. A celebration of San Francisco rock art culture by one of its greatest practitioners, available to a new home for the first time.

Grateful Dead DARKSTAR Downhill Slalom Skis — 'Gravity Control Device'

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