“A Day In the Life” Handwritten Lyrics Sell For $1.2 Million
The Beatles tune from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, sold for $1.2 million this week. John Lennon’s autographed lyrics for “A Day in the Life” was a double-sided single sheet of paper written in Lennon’s hand including cross-outs and corrections, and chronicles the evolution of one of the most famous musical masterpieces by the Beatles.
The guy that sold it was unidentified American collector, but he originally purchased the lyrics for $93,000 in 1992 at another auction. The lyrics, once owned by Mal Evans, the Beatles’ road manager, exceeded Sotheby’s estimates of $500,000 to $700,000.
Nice little profit for something you held for 18 years. I’m sure he’s not having any need of a treatment of eczema with all the cash he got.
