 Bob Dylan | NEW YORK (Reuters) - A collection of poems written by legendary rock poet Bob Dylan as a student at the University of Minnesota in 1960 sold for $78,000 Monday in a Rock & Pop Memorabilia auction at Christie's. The 16 pages of poems hand-written in pencil formed the earliest Dylan manuscript ever offered for auction and it fetched the highest auction price to date for the acclaimed songwriter, according to Christie's. A title page was inscribed in blue ink "Poems Without Titles," with the majority of the poems signed Dylan or Dylanism. The poetry was acquired by an unidentified private European interest. |
Dylan arrived at the college in 1959 as freshman Robert Zimmerman from upstate Hibbing and left at the end of 1960 as folk singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, headed to make his mark on the folk scene in New York's Greenwich Village.
The second-highest priced item in the sale that grossed $661,536 was Eric Clapton's Fender composite Stratocaster electric guitar, circa 1959, which sold for $36,000.
source: yahoo
The Concert for Bangladesh
Rock-Newz wants take your attention on this update from Bob Dylan official website:
"The Concert for Bangladesh was the first benefit concert of its kind in that it brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists collaborating for a common humanitarian cause – setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher cause.
The concert sold out Madison Square Garden and along with the Grammy ® Award-winning triple-album boxset, and the feature film, has generated millions of dollars for UNICEF and raised awareness for the organization around the world, as well as among other musicians and their fans. It is therefore acknowledged as the inspiration and forerunner to the major global fundraising events of recent years.
To quote the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "George and his friends were pioneers."
For more information and to purchase the DVD, visit: theconcertforbangladesh.com"
1 comment:
as to the unidentified private european interest... me thinks, something's fishy in denmark! i.e.(see story photo insert)
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