Bob Dylan’s original “Like a Rolling Stone” lyric sheet sells at auction for $2 million
25 June 2014, 09:28
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
The first drafts of Bob Dylan’s classic track “Like A Rolling Stone” has sold at auction in New York for $2 million.
The original manuscript - dating back to the mid-60s - becomes the most expensive music manuscript of all-time, described by auction house Sotherby’s as “stray thoughts on American cultural imagery, and interesting doodles”.
John Lennon’s draft of “A Day in the Life” previously sold for $1.2 million back in 2010.
You can check out an image of the lyric sheets beneath:
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