‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ to Reap in Cash at Auction
The George Harrison handwritten lyrics to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the Beatles White Album will go on sale in the U. S. on Monday. Apparently, the handwritten lyrics are expected to fetch in the neighborhood of $780,000.At the bottom of the page are the words, "The band leader said he ain't playin", which most likely refers to Paul McCartney's desire to leave the band at the time.
As memorabilia goes, you gotta love the Beatles staying power. The band broke up in 1970 and now 37 years later, a handwritten page of lyrics are fetching more than the William Shakespeare Second Folio published in 1632, which garnered only a measly 100,000 grand recently. It's a sign of the time when the Bard's not getting as much love as a Beatle.
posted by Muse Dog @ 5:43 PM
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