Rick Griffin Autographs
Richard Alden Griffin (June 18, 1944 – August 18, 1991) was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. He was a key figure in the underground comix movement as a founding member of the Zap Comix collective. Griffin was closely identified with the Grateful Dead, designing some of their best-known posters and album covers including Aoxomoxoa. His work within the surfing subculture included both film posters and his comic strip, Murphy.
Griffin was born near Palos Verdes amidst the surfing culture of southern California. Griffin biographer Tim Stephenson notes:
While attending Nathaniel Narbonne High School in the Harbor City area of Los Angeles, he produced numerous surfer drawings, which led to his surfing comic strip, "Murphy" for Surfer magazine in 1961, with Griffin's character featured on the front cover the following year. In 1964, he left Surfer and briefly attended Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts), where he met his future wife, artist Ida Pfefferle as well as the Jook Savages, a group of artist-musicians with whom he took part in Ken Kesey's Watts Acid Tests on February 12, 1966. Griffin was intrigued by the psychedelic rock posters being designed by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley so after taking time out for a Mexican surfing trip, Rick and Ida headed to San Francisco to check out the scene.
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Traded items with a signature of Rick Griffin
The most expensive item with a signature of Rick Griffin (1967 Family Dog Rick Griffin Avalon Ballroom, No. 54-1. Framed.SIGNED By Griffin) was sold in June 2025 for $3,999.00 while the cheapest item (Autographed Ben Friedman Psychedelic Artwork Rick Griffin Store Haight Ashbury) found a new owner for $14.50 in June 2021. The month with the most items sold (3) was June 2021 with an average selling price of $249.99 for an autographed item of Rick Griffin. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2020 with $3,499.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $28.77 was June 2023. In average, an autographed item from Rick Griffin is worth $332.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Rick Griffin were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1991 Poem " Elegy for Rick Griffin " Written & Signed by Poet Allen Cohen SF CA | $149.99 |  |
 | CULT Wildflower Autographed Signed Poster IAN ASBURY BILLY DUFFY RICK GRIFFIN +2 | $315.00 | |
| Emek Smoking Skeleton Mini Poster Art Print Handbill 6 x 9” Signed Rick Griffin | $54.00 | |
| Grateful Dead Poster. 54”x 38”. Huge Poster Signed By Rick Griffin artist 1969. | $520.00 | |
 | Iron Butterfly Poster BG-141 Signed by Rick Griffin Framed, Signed & Numbered | $550.00 | |
| Rick Griffin SIGNED BILL Graham AOR-4.123 CGC 9.2 Grateful Dead NYE CGC 9.6 | $535.00 | |
| RICK GRIFFIN Art Exhibition POSTER Cal State Long Beach 1972 Gallery C SIGNED VG | $370.00 | |
 | RICK GRIFFIN Flying Eyeball Early 1990s Ltd. Ed. Hand-Stenciled & Signed Artwork | $2,495.00 | |
| Rick Griffin Grateful Dead Aoxomoxoa ART ROCK Ed. Print #'ed Signed Avalon MINT! | $500.00 | |
 | RICK GRIFFIN signed "Slow Motion" Alfred E.Newman MAN Album Cover Poster Proof | $1,320.00 | |
| Rick Griffin SIGNED El Chingadero Poster The Eagles 1st Performance 1973 RARE | $888.88 | |
| Rick Griffin SIGNED El Chingadero Poster The Eagles 1st Performance 1973 RARE | $699.99 | |
| Rick Griffin-SIGNED 1972 Section "O-SO-LOW-ME-O" Album Insert Poster | $87.00 | |
 | SIGNED TO DANZIG BY RICK GRIFFiN Grateful Dead Blue Cheer At The Shrine 1968. | $685.69 | |
 | THE CULT Wildflower Limited Edition Promo Poster Signed By RICK GRIFFIN | $350.00 | |
