The first manuscript of the song “Layla” written by Eric Clapton in 1970, on a letterhead of the Thunderbird Motel in Miami Beach is estimated to be between $ 50,000 and $ 70,000. This is one of the most well-known songs of the british singer, which is mentioned to Patty Boyd-Harrison, at the time was married to his friend and a member of the Beatles, George Harrison. Clapton married Patti in 1979, before the couple divorced in 1988. The musician inspired the song title from a poem by a Persian writer of the 12th century Îιζαμί Γκαντζαβί.
The “hammer” comes and the manuscript of the song “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1962) Bob Dylan, with a value of between 300,000 and $ 500,000. It is one of the most well-known songs of the nobel laureate for Literature 2016, which was released in 1963. Also sold the first typed copy of “This Wheel’s on Fire” (1967), the value of which is estimated by Sotheby’s between 40,000 and 60,000 dollars.
At the auction on Saturday are still available portraits of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez which painted the one for the other in 1963, when they were a couple. The price of seven sketches, it is estimated a total of between 30,000 and 50,000 dollars.
In addition, available for sale several items that belonged to the Beatles, especially the jacket worn by John Lennon in the film “Helpl!”, a value of between 50,000 and 70,000 dollars, as and to the late Elvis, among which a ring with diamonds, with a value of between 7,000 and 9,000 dollars.
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The hammer manuscripts of Dylan and Clapton
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