Who is the person behind this item?

Like a Rolling Stone, Draft Lyrics got written by Bob Dylan.

Robert Allen Zimmerman is the original name of Bob Dylan (born May 24, 1941, Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.).

In the 1960s, he was an American folk singer who transitioned from folk to rock music, injecting the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry into the lyrics of rock & roll.

In addition, people considered him as the Shakespeare of his time.

With more than 500 songs recorded by more than 2,000 musicians, he performed worldwide and established lyric writing standards. 

Dylan sold more than 10 million CDs.

In 2016, he got awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Why is this item so rare?

Near-final Like a Rolling Stone Draft Lyrics is here in this handwritten four-page paper.

Moreover, the margins had a few scattered animal doodling and, maybe most evocatively, numerous rhymes that never made it into the final cut.

One removed sentence says, “Dry vermouth, you’ll tell the truth,” while a line to the name “Al Capone” connects one famous word “like a complete unknown.”

According to Sotheby’s, Dylan penned the lyrics on four pages of hotel stationery while staying at the Hotel Roger Smith in Washington, D.C., in mid-June 1965.

How much is it worth today?

This item worth today is millions.

According to the Associated Press, the lyrics were sold to an anonymous bidder at auction house Sotheby’s. He declared the sale of a world record for a famous music manuscript.

The auction firm described the seller as a “longtime fan from California” who acquired the manuscript straight from Dylan, even though he was not named.

Recently, Dylan’s handwritten lyrics for “Like a Rolling Stone” got sold for $2 million at a Sotheby’s auction.

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