Sale
16607 - More Skeletons from the Closet, 5 Oct 2008
220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco
Please note: With every lot purchased in this "MORE SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET" auction, the successful bidders will receive a limited edition poster created by Stanley Mouse specifically for this sale which will duplicate his painting in LOT 138. These posters will be limited to the 173 lots in the auction and each poster number will correspond to the lot number purchased.
Lot No: 8
A Rock Scully metal attaché case used to transport important items for The Grateful Dead while on tour, 1960s-1980s
A small silver metal security case with two flip locks, a combination lock-dial, and a manufacturer's label reading "Zero / Halliburton / Silver / Reg. 5484" that Scully bought in 1967 and used until 1985 to carry around documents and other "vital" things for the band while on tour; outside of case is adorned with dozens of Grateful Dead-related stickers amassed over the decades by Scully; inside has a faux black leather interior with compartments and pockets further embellished with sticker art; a number of items Scully left inside the case are still there: concert tickets, backstage passes, all access passes, etc.; a luggage tag attached to outside handle reads "Rock Scully / 1016 Lincoln Avenue / San Rafael, CA 94901." Included is a reprinted black and white photograph showing Scully, Garcia and others inside 710 Ashbury Street in 1967 with this then-new case (before all the stickers) resting in front of the fireplace.
13 x 17 x 4in
Sold for $33,000 inclusive of Buyer's Premium
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Footnote:
"Over the years, this case acquired so many layers of every sort of tour-related sticker that, in my mind, it has become an iconic piece of Grateful Dead history and a rock-and-roll 'art object.' This was the case that carried the 'big bucks' and consequently ended up being kept in my flight case 'office-on-stage' [see next LOT 9] where it could be protected. My visits to the box office were done with a far less visible brief case."
-Rock Scully
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