Original Listing Description

So, you are looking at a Grateful Dead Europe '72 album signed by the band (minus Brent Mydland due to his death AND Vince Welnick, as he was not around when we had it signed) while we attended a Dead show in Atlanta (Omni) in 1991. As a 14 year old teen, I went to the show with my dad and we managed to have this signed as the band left a building and walked to their busses. Went to MANY shows with my dad and can only remember 2 instances where we DIDN'T bring something along to try to have signed (even though it rarely happened) and THIS well worn Europe album is what he brought to this show...records we listened to regularly at home. We were part of a decent sized crowd that had stayed well past the show to try to get a glimpse of the band or interact with them in any way as they prepared to get on their tour busses. As I constantly asked my dad "can we go now" to the point that I had almost worn him down, I heard the crowd (that had actually shrank a bit as more time passed) begin to cheer loudly as they began walking out the double doorway we had all been surrounding. Between my dad VERY loudly yelling and the Dolly Parton shirt I had worn that day, we were lucky enough to get their attention and to have it signed by everyone except Vince who I believe must've came out later or from a different door. As you can see, the album cover and "guts" are in fairly rough shape, as it was already a 20 year old album when we had it signed. But I can't imagine it got much worse during the last 33 years, as it has been hanging in the living room of my family's home in a makeshift frame (Walmart special ?) since we had it signed...until I took it down and out of the frame to take these photos. The records themselves seem to be great and I just slipped each of the 3 into new white paper sleeves. My dad passed away 6 years ago and I never sent it for "certification" for 2 reasons. First, I never intended on selling it and secondly, it's one of only 2 pieces of my autographed music memorabilia collection that I actually witnessed be signed. Now as a 46 year old single disabled man myself, I have an unexpected expense that I need funds to take care of and, while I have ZERO clue what's it's REAL "value" is in its condition, I have a number in mind that I've sworn to not go under. I would love to be able to send this for "certificates of authenticity" myself, but was pretty shocked to that alone would cost a small fortune. I have included pics of everything best that I could, but if there's something specific you'd like to see or anything else I can tell you, don't be afraid to ask. And because I know it to be authentic, I will "100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE" its authenticity if the buyer decides to send it off for verification. Will also ship in the frame we've kept in for protection, but you'll probably want to use something nicer to display it in. I also have a 100% positive feedback score, so bid with confidence! Thanks and, from one DeadHead to another, GOOD LUCK!

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