An original Grateful Dead T-shirt from 1967 sold through Sotheby’s on Friday, October 15th, breaking the record for the most expensive vintage rock shirt sold at auction.
It was estimated to sell for $367 but went for A LOT more! It ended up selling for $17,640! After expenses and fees, auction winner Bo Bushnell paid a total of $19,315.80
It was designed by Hells Angel and graphic artist, Allan “Gut” Terk. The simple yellow tee sold for nearly twice as much as a Led Zeppelin shirt from that band’s 1979 concerts at Knebworth, which previously held the record for selling for$10,000 in an eBay auction in 2011.
The T-shirt was previously in possession of Dan Healy, an audio engineer who worked with the Dead.
