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1967 poster for the Grateful Dead, signed by designer Bob Fried, estimated at $4,000-$6,000

Counterculture marches to its own drum at PBA Galleries, Dec. 1

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1967 poster for the Grateful Dead, signed by designer Bob Fried, estimated at $4,000-$6,000

1967 poster for the Grateful Dead, estimated at $4,000-$6,000

BERKELEY, Calif. – On Tuesday, December 1, PBA Galleries will host an auction with more than 450 lots of fine literature and ephemera, featuring scarce works from the counterculture and the Beat Generation, plus a large section of rock and psychedelic posters. Also included are editions from Charles Bukowski, many with original artwork, as well as large samplings of the works of Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway and other major voices of 20th-century literature. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Beat Generation novelist Jack Kerouac’s namesake foundation announced plans to build a Jack Kerouac Museum and Performance Center in the Lowell, Massachusetts church where he served as an altar boy and which hosted his funeral Mass. Circa-1956 image of Kerouac courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Tom Palumbo, and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

Jack Kerouac Foundation plans namesake museum in his former church

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Beat Generation novelist Jack Kerouac’s namesake foundation announced plans to build a Jack Kerouac Museum and Performance Center in the Lowell, Massachusetts church where he served as an altar boy and which hosted his funeral Mass. Circa-1956 image of Kerouac courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Tom Palumbo, and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Image of the exterior of St. Jean Baptiste Church courtesy of Sylvia Cunha and the Jack Kerouac Estate.

Beat Generation novelist Jack Kerouac’s namesake foundation announced plans to build a Jack Kerouac Museum and Performance Center in the Lowell, Massachusetts church where he served as an altar boy and which hosted his funeral Mass. Circa-1956 image of Kerouac courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Tom Palumbo, and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Image of the exterior of St. Jean Baptiste Church courtesy of Sylvia Cunha and the Jack Kerouac Estate.

LOWELL, Mass. – The estate of Beat Generation novelist Jack Kerouac has formed the Jack Kerouac Foundation with the intention of furthering his creative legacy. Its first initiative is to seek funding for the establishment of a Jack Kerouac Museum and Performance Center in his hometown of Lowell. The project is moving forward as the city prepares for the centennial of Kerouac’s birth, which will be marked on March 12, 2022 and celebrated throughout the year as well.

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Colts owner Jim Irsay talking up museum for pop culture collection

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Indianapolis Colts owner and memorabilia super-collector Jim Irsay. Image courtesy Colts.com

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is talking with officials in several cities about the possibility of creating a museum to display the pop culture memorabilia that he’s spent millions of dollars collecting over the past 20 years.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald signed book, The Beautiful and Damned, estimated at $35,000-$40,000

Literary lions promise roaring success at RR Auction June 16

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F. Scott Fitzgerald signed book, The Beautiful and Damned, estimated at $35,000-$40,000

F. Scott Fitzgerald signed book, ‘The Beautiful and Damned,’ estimated at $35,000-$40,000

BOSTON – RR Auction‘s June Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings almost 900 lots to the auction block, featuring robust art and literature sections with online bidding  through June 16. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.

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