Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man lyrics sell for $508,000
The original handwritten lyrics of an early draft of Bob Dylan's hit Mr. Tambourine Man have sold at auction for $508,000 (£417,000). The two yellowed sheets, featuring three typewritten drafts of the song alongside Dylan's handwritten notes went under the hammer at a sale organised by Julien's Auctions at the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday 18 January. Believed to have been typed in March 1964 at the home of trailblazing rock journalist Al Aronowitz the drafts capture Dylan's creative process, as he spent the night refining the lyrics on Aronowitz's typewriter. The auction, which generated nearly $1.5 million in total sales, also featured 60 pieces of music history, including 50 from Aronowitz's personal archive. "My family and I are thrilled with the auction," said Al's son Myles Aronowitz. Other highlights included a signed original 1968 oil painting by Dylan, which sold for $260,000 (£213,000) and a 1983 Fender Telecaster guitar owned and played by Dylan fetched $222,250 (£182,000). The sale comes alongside the release of the biographical film A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet as the legendary singer-songwriter.
