A double-sided piece of paper containing the lyrics to John Lennon's "A Day in the Life" was sold at Sotheby's for $1.2 million back in 2010. This is the second-most ever paid for lyrics with the first being "All You Need Is Love" in 2005. So, the Fab Four still raking in the money.
It is a single sheet rough draft with much crossing out and the word "film" misspelled "flim." The words "I'd love to turn you on" are not in it. They were added later and caused the song to be banned from the BBC.
There were three bidders and in six minutes, it went from $500,000 to $700,600 before ending at $1,202,500. The successful bidder is a private party.
The lyrics once belonged to Mal Evans, the Beatles' road manager. The album it was from, "Sgt. Pepper's" topped both the U.S. and U.K. charts, won 4 Grammys and the song ranks #26 in Rolling Stone's 500 Songs of All Time.
The first side of the paper is believed to have been composed in the morning and afternoon of Jan. 17, 1967. The rough draft was written in script with a black felt marker. The other side is written in block letters.
More Than I Would Have Spent, Even If I Had That Much Money. --RoadDog
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Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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