Acid Test diploma up for auction

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The above 1966 Acid Test Diploma of Merry Prankster and Jerry Garcia's former wife Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia is up for auction as part of The HeART of Rock and Roll Poster Auction. Current bid is $5,775. Over at Collectors Weekly, our pal Ben Marks puts this tattered piece of paper in context as a souvenir of a milestone event in psychedelic, counterculture , and multimedia history. "The High Price of a Degree in LSD"

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“Mountain Girl” was the mother of Jerry’s daughters, and they were together for a long time — but she wasn’t his widow.
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So, that’s what “God Rotor” artwork looks like

(I just finished reading “Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test” yesterday.)

Thanks for this.

PS:I read on Wikipedia that Mountain Girl’s daughter Sunshine, was Ken Kesey’s child as well.
vonbobo

wow!!
bklynchris

wow….Mountgirl’s certificate?! That is like Prankster #3. How many of these were issued?
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If only I had that kind of cash to spare. Here is the link for anyone interested/ http://auction.sixtiesposters.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2686154
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I wonder if the whole thing doubles as a giant blotter?
edthehippie

to paraphrase ” paper , we don’ need no stinkin’ paper ” ~ also ” it does not require a college degree to do drugs , but having one may enhance one’s ability to do them PROPERLY ” ~ also ” drug test ?? sure , i can pass a drug test any day of the week !! in fact , i will be defending my master’s thesis in pot smoking next week !! “