Another piece of history is up for sale as Bob Dylan's original handwritten lyrics for the songs "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" are being sold for a whopping price.
According to Popculture, both lyric sheets were sold to a collector by the singer's team.
The "Like a Rolling Stone" sheet is priced at $1,375,000. On the other hand, the "Mr. Tambourine Man" document costs $425,000.
This isn't the first time the manuscript has been sold, as the first manuscript was purchased for $2.045 million in 2014.
Sotheby, the auction house that initially got the sheet, said it was the only known surviving draft of the song's final lyrics.
Dylan wrote the lyrics at the Roger Smith Hotel in Washington D.C.
The auction house said the seller is a longtime fan of the singer from California "who met his hero in a non-rock context and bought directly from Dylan."
Fans Can See Bob Dylan's Handwritten Lyrics in Person
Good news for die-hard fans! You don't need an ample amount of money to see the singer's handwritten lyrics up close, as the Bob Dylan Center had just opened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, earlier this month.
Fans will have a chance to see displays of handwritten manuscripts and important items from his career.
The place spans over 29,000 square-foot that and includes rotating tributes to other musicians that inspired Dylan throughout his career.
Bob Dylan Center director Steven Jenkins told The New York Times that they hope visitors go home "with a sense that they can tap into their own creative insticts," own impulse for artistic impression in any medium.
Another Bob Dylan Item For Sale
In early reports, Christie's London will be putting the new version of the song "Blowin' in the Wind" up for auction almost six decades after its release.
The song will be in the format of "Ionic Original," which is reportedly a high-quality audio technology that comes in an aluminum disc painted with lacquer.
The original recording has only one copy, and it's expected to sell from $755,298 to $1,258,830.
T Bone Brunette, the person who conceptualized the Ionic Original, said the song is deeply relevant for "our times and resonant with decades of the artist's life and experience."
The auction will be on July 7 at Christie's London.
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