A collection belongs to music journalist Al Aronowitzwho was a personal friend of Dylan and many other American rock stars. The auction will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 18th and requires prior registration for biddingwhich can also be done online.
The auctioneer will put up for sale this week a unique collection of objects related to Bob Dylan, including a painting by him and lyric notes from one of his first works.
A belongs to music journalist Al Aronowitz (1928-2005)who was a personal friend of Dylan and many other American rock stars and for years wrote a column in the newspaper titled “Pop Scene”.
The auction will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 18th and requires prior registration for biddingwhich can also be done online.
“My father was much more than a journalist, he understood what these artists were trying to do. He not only met these cultural icons, but brought them together. He linked Allen Ginsberg to Bob Dylan and Bob Dylan to the Beatles (…), for the first time , linked Jimi Hendrix to Miles Davis, Nico to Lou Reed”, said Myles Aronowitz, the journalist’s son, quoted in a statement from the auction house, based in Beverly Hills (Los Angeles).
The collection that will be auctioned next Saturday “represents my father’s instinctive ability to identify and connect with greatness”added Aronowitz in reference to the musician, composer, singer, poet and painter born in Duluth (Minnesota) 83 years ago, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.
Auctioneer estimates thousands of dollars in sales
One of the most important pieces for sale are two pages of lyrics typed by the author of “Mr. Tambourine Man”which already had offers for 250 thousand dollars (244 thousand euros, at the current exchange rate), although the auctioneer estimates that they will be sold for something between 400 thousand and 500 thousand dollars (between 391 thousand and 489 thousand euros).
“Bob Dylan sat one night at the kitchen counter of the Aronowitz family home in New Jersey, chain-smoking, listening to Marvin Gaye’s “Can I Get A Witness” on repeat as he typed all night to perfect the poetic lyrics of this song. music”, the auction house also highlighted in the statement.
There has already been a bid of 125,000 dollars (122,000 euros) for oil painting signed by Dylan in 1968but Julien’s Auctions believes it will sell for 200,000 to 300,000 dollars (between 195 thousand and 293 thousand euros).
The collection also includes old large format photographsfrom Dylan’s first recording sessions at Columbia Records’ New York studio in 1961 to his visit to Warhol’s factory in 1965as well as several drawings made by Dylan on sheets of paper with the letterhead of the Plaza Hotel in New York.
The catalog also includes a promotional poster, booklet and rare programs from Dylan’s historic performance at New York’s Town Hallin April 1965, and an exclusive Ionic original disc of Bob Dylan’s 2021 studio recording of “The Times They Are A-Changin'”.
