John Lennon lyrics might reach $500,000 at auction
John Lennon lyrics might reach $500,000 at auction
John Lennon‘s handwritten lyrics to “A Day in the Life” are going up for auction in May 2010, with estimates of $500,000 being floated. Not all lyrics do as well as expected at auction, but as investors currently look to place their bets in places outside currency and property, I’d think this one should do well.
The lyrics cover both sides of a sheet of paper, with edits and corrections, making it a fascinating object for people interested in the epic “Sgt Peppers” album.
The song was the final track of the band’s 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which spent 27 weeks at the top of the UK charts. The lyric sheet apparently isn’t the final draft, but Lennon’s outline sketch of what eventually became the album track. The sheet contains crossed-out words and spelling mistakes. I’d say that this probably makes it even more interesting.
As someone noted on my Twitter account, maybe writers should not give up handwriting lyrics. Buying an iPhone or Asus netbook that once belonged to a writer does not have quite the same mystique as actual written lyrics. In fact, it wouldn’t even get that far in most cases, as we tend to either forget to back up our data, drop electronic hardware down the stairs or pass them to younger members of the family.
But as someone noted on my Twitter account, maybe writers should not give up handwriting lyrics. Buying an iPhone or Asus netbook that once belonged to a writer does not have quite the same mystique as actual written lyrics.
Well, $1.2 million is not a bad price. Sounds like someone took money from the banking sector and invested it elsewhere. “All You Need is Love” picked up $1.25 million five years ago.