Beatles, Hank Williams & Grateful Dead posters headline at Heritage, Nov. 6

In May 2021, a 1953 Hank Williams poster touting an Ohio show that he would not live to play sold for $150,000 and a new world auction record. The November 6 auction contains another copy estimated at $80,000-$120,000.
Exceptionally scarce original concert posters for The Beatles, the Grateful Dead and Hank Williams – examples of which have held the world auction record for the category during the last two years – will all appear in a Nov. 6 auction in Dallas.
Exceptionally scarce original concert posters for The Beatles, the Grateful Dead and Hank Williams – examples of which have held the world auction record for the category during the last two years – have all been consigned to a November 6 auction in Dallas.

DALLAS — During the last two years, The Beatles, Hank Williams and the Grateful Dead have each held the distinction of being the subjects of some of the world’s most expensive concert posters. This weekend, for the first time, the trio of immortals go head-to-head-to-head in a concert-poster auction for the ages. On Nov. 6, Heritage Auctions hosts its latest Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Signature® Auction, easily the most star-studded event in the auction house’s history, in large part because of the trio of history-makers being offered among the nearly 120 posters available. It will be a race to the top. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Grateful Dead concert posters headline May 15 Turner sale

Jimi Hendrix concert poster from 1968, estimated at $400-$600
Jimi Hendrix concert poster from 1968, estimated at $400-$600
Jimi Hendrix concert poster from 1968, estimated at $400-$600

SAN FRANCISCO – Turner Auctions + Appraisals will sell vintage posters from Bill Graham, Family Dog, Grateful Dead, and others on May 15 starting at 10:30 am Pacific time. The auction features more than 100 vintage rock posters from the 1960s to 2015. Most date to the 1960s and come from one Northern California collector who acquired them over the course of 40-plus years. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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