A draft song by Bob Dylan sold for $508,000.
A draft of Bob Dylan’s legendary song Mr. Tambourine Man was sold at auction in the United States for more than half a million dollars.
A draft of Bob Dylan’s song Mr. Tambourine Man, written in 1965, became the centerpiece of a Julien’s Auctions auction in the United States, the BBC reports.
The unique text, printed on two yellow sheets with handwritten notes by the author, was paid $508,000.
The lyrics of the song are three typewritten drafts that differ from the final version of the hit. Mr. Tambourine Man is one of Dylan’s most famous works, and the drafts themselves were among 60 lots from the musician’s collection, put up for sale in Nashville.
The auction also sold:
A 1968 oil painting signed by Dylan.
A 1983 Fender Telecaster electric guitar that the musician played.
A Levi’s denim jacket that he wore in the musical drama Hearts of Fire (1987) – it sold for $25,400.
Dylan’s hand-drawn sketches attracted special attention, which exceeded the initial estimate. One of them, with a declared price of $1,500-2,500, eventually went under the hammer for $88,900.
Of particular interest was the article by journalist Al Aronowitz, Bob Dylan: The Unrivaled Champion, which describes the process of creating the song “Mr. Tambourine Man.” According to the author, Dylan spent the night at his house, repeatedly rewriting the text on a typewriter. In the trash can, the journalist found crumpled drafts, which later became part of the auction collection.
In total, the sales of Dylan’s collection brought in almost $ 1.5 million.
Earlier it was reported that at the first auction of the year at the popular fish market in Tokyo, a 276-kilogram bluefin tuna was sold for 207 million yen.