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Hippies were stringing big hole beads on rope back in the day and these had the earthy look that was popular. They are in unused condition, and are very uncommon. They were sold as hippie beads in the late 60s from a bead store near the Haight Ashbury area. In 1967, the hippie phenomena dominated the area and the demand for beads was huge. The owner of this store put out the call that he wanted all types of beads that were either colorful, large, earthenware, or had mystical significance. The hardcore hippies wanted glass or ceramic or earthenware, so that is what most of these items are. The demand started slacking as the hippie phenomena died down and by the mid 1970s, they started selling gold chains and disco related items instead. The hippie items were taken from the front shelves, and stored in the back. The newspaper they were wrapped in was dated 1977, so that's when they put them back there. The most striking thing in the store was an old display of huge African Trade Bead necklaces from the 1800s. They were even selling those sort of beads to the hippies. One of those necklaces will run you about 2 grand now. That place is a real time warp. You could still smell incense around some of the boxes and I kept hearing Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane in my head. Just amazing.

You get all three different for $2.00 (that's 67¢ each). Click the picture to see a large detailed image. These are vintage metal puzzles in parchment paper packets marked "Puzzle-Ring" "Made in Japan". They have an illustration of a hand doing the puzzle. Inside is a thick metal wire puzzle. You will get three different puzzle types each in it's own package (The one pictured is a triangle puzzle, the other two are knots and loops). All three come in packages like the one shown with an illustration of the specific type. These were sold in vending capsules, and showed up in Cracker Jack boxes back in the 1950s. They are classic puzzle toys from that time period. The parchment packages are wrinkled up from sitting so long. The toys inside are perfect. We found these in remote storage at an old store up in northern Ohio.

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image of both sides of the pass. You get the 5 pictured for $7.50 (that's $1.50 each). These feature three cows on a bench playing instruments and smoking doobies. Excellent unused condition.

  
These Grateful Dead stickers/decals are old tour merchandise. I found them wrapped in plastic in boxes in master cases. They came from a distributor who sold them to tour vendors. The condition is pristine and they still will work as a car decal or window/mirror sticker. We found them packed away in storage boxes dated 1992 (many are older than that) and 1995 (year Jerry Garcia died). They are high quality artist renderings of Grateful Dead themes. Back in the day, the Dead did not monitor copyrights and that sort of thing, and in fact, at one point encouraged artists to do designs. The LA times explained it well “The Grateful Dead was famously lax in enforcing it’s intellectual property rights and trademarks, allowing fans to create their own designs using the band’s expansive iconography”. Since there was no serious monitoring or much concern back then, a lot of up and coming artists got involved in designing them. This is how some of them got their starts. Some of the sticker artists who designed these stickers went on to produce official licensed works for the Grateful Dead and other famous groups. These stickers include some by now famous designers including David Opie, and others. These older stickers are very hard to find anymore.

Click the picture to see a more detailed image of both sides of the passes.

Group/Artist Name: McAuley Schenker Group

Bands Played with: This was a super group with Members Robin McAuley, Michael Schenker, Jesse Harms, Jeff Pilson, James Kottak, and more.

Origin: 1986 in Los Angeles, California

Genre: Metal

Manufacturer: OTTO

OTTO Mark Location: Back

Material: Cloth

Type of Pass: Backstage Pass

Tour Name and Date(s): Save Yourself Tour 1990

Size: 4 3/4” tall

Condition: Unused