Bob Dylan: 60 of his memorabilia up for auction

While it is about to enter Italian cinemas (on January 23rd) “A Complete Unknown”, the film by James Mangold, there is also an auction dedicated to the Nobel Prize winning singer-songwriter, Bob Dylanorganized by Julien’s Auctions for January 18 at the Musician’s Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

‘Celebrating Bob Dylan: The Aronowitz Archive, T Bone Burnett, & More‘ presents 60 objects, 50 of which come from the personal archive of the famous music journalist Al Aronowitzwho passed away in 2005.

It was he who organized the first meeting between Dylan hey Beatles in a room at the Delmonico Hotel in New York, in the summer of 1964, the occasion on which, legend has it, for example, the prophet of American folk passed the four from Liverpool their first joint.

Among the most valuable lots, as reported by ANSA, two yellowed pages stand out with typed drafts of the text of “Mr. Tambourine Man”, complete with Dylan’s handwritten notes, and an original Ionic disc (an aluminum disc coated with spirally engraved lacquer, which therefore has many similarities with vinyl), one of a kind, containing a studio recording of “The Times They Are A-Changin’” made during a session with the award-winning producer T Bone Burnett.

Both pieces are valued at between $400,000 and $600,000.

Also among the items for sale an oil painting made by Dylan in 1968 ($200,000-300,000), a poster of his first headline performance at Town Hall in New York City in 1963, an autographed harmonica, a Fender Telecaster, the Levi’s denim jacket he wore in the film “Hearts of Fire” from 1987, programs and posters of the first concerts, pencil sketches and many period photographs, including those taken by Don Hunstein at Columbia Records studios in New York during the recording of his debut album in 1961.

“My father was much more than a journalist – declares Myles Aronowitz, Al’s son in a statement – He didn’t just meet the cultural icons of his time, he made them meet. He introduced Allen Ginsberg to Bob Dylan, Dylan to the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix to Miles Davis, Nico to Lou Reed. There was something magical about what he did. This collection represents my father’s instinct to recognize and circulate greatness. “.

To participate in the auction (with prices certainly not accessible to everyone) you must register on the Julien’s Auctions website.