Grateful Dead memorabilia snapped up at auction

Memorabilia collected by the Grateful Dead’s long-time road manager sold for more than $1.1m at auction.

The collection of Lawrence “Ram Rod” Shurtliff included a 1975 cream-coloured Travis Bean electric guitar played by vocalist and lead guitarist Jerry Garcia, which fetched $312,000, according to Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers.