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Bob Dylan’s former will from 1975 hits auction for $27,500

Bob Dylan’s former will from 1975 hits auction for ,500

A will Bob Dylan composed in 1975 is being auctioned off for $27,500.

The auction house Moments in Time is presiding over the sale of legal document the singer-songwriter, now 83, signed on Saturday, September 27, 1975, when he was 34-years-old.

By that time, Dylan had already gained fame and acclaim for his tracks such as 1963’s Blowin’ in the Wind; and Like a Rolling Stone and The Times They Are a-Changin, in 1965.

Dylan, who signed his legal name, Robert Dylan, to the document, had earmarked $50,000 and a 10-acre home in Hennepin County, Minnesota to his younger brother, David Zimmerman. The version of the will is an outdated one, TMZ noted in a report Sunday.

Dylan also alluded to five children he fathered at the time the document was drawn up, making provisions for any future kids he might welcome. 

The musical icon is father to six adult children: Maria Dylan Himmelman, 63, Jesse Byron Dylan, 59, Anna Dylan, 57, Sam Dylan, 56, and The Wallflowers singer Jakob Dylan, 54, with ex-wife Sara Lownds; and Desiree Gabrielle Dennis-Dylan, 38, with his ex-wife Carolyn Dennis.

A will Bob Dylan composed in 1975 is being auctioned off for $27,500. Pictured in 1975, when he was 34-years-old

A will Bob Dylan composed in 1975 is being auctioned off for $27,500. Pictured in 1975, when he was 34-years-old 

Dylan was pictured playing at a Farm Aid concert September 23, 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana

Dylan was pictured playing at a Farm Aid concert September 23, 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana

News of the sale of the will comes a day after weekend sale of dozens of items related to the iconic American musical artist in Nashville, Tennessee through Julien’s Auctions.

Among the highest-bid items in that sale included draft lyrics to his 1965 song Mr. Tambourine Man, selling for $508,000.

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About 60 Dylan items – including pH๏τos, music sheets, his guitar, pencil drawings and an oil painting composed by the Nobel Prize for literature winner were sold on Saturday, officials with Julien’s said.

The overall sale generated nearly $1.5 million in revenue through in-person and online bidding, the auction house said.

Dylan is garnering attention with last month’s release of the movie A Complete Unknown, which focuses on his rise to stardom in the early 1960s. 

Dylan was played by Timothée Chalamet, who has worked for several years on the role, which involves singing and playing guitar.

Julien’s said 50 of the items, including the lyrics that received the highest sale price, came from the personal collection of late music journalist Al Aronowitz.

The typewritten lyrics, which covered three drafts of the 1965 song, were written on two sheets of yellow paper, with Dylan´s annotation on the third draft.

An image released by Julien's Auctions shows musician Bob Dylan's lyrics for famed song Mr. Tamborine Man are show in this undated image

An image released by Julien’s Auctions shows musician Bob Dylan’s lyrics for famed song Mr. Tamborine Man are show in this undated image 

An image released by Julien's Auctions shows musician Bob Dylan's lyrics for famed song  Blowing in the Wind are show in this undated image

An image released by Julien’s Auctions shows musician Bob Dylan’s lyrics for famed song  Blowing in the Wind are show in this undated image 

An image released by Julien's Auctions shows musician Bob Dylan's lyrics for various famed songs are show in this undated image

An image released by Julien’s Auctions shows musician Bob Dylan’s lyrics for various famed songs are show in this undated image 

Dylan wrote the original draft lyrics in the journalist’s New Jersey home, according to Julien’s, citing a 1973 newspaper article by Aronowitz.

Dylan sat ‘with my portable typewriter at my white formica breakfast bar in a swirl of chain-lit cigarette smoke, his bony, long-nailed fingers tapping the words out’ on copy paper, Aronowitz was quoted as writing.

The third draft, while close to the final version, still had significant variations from the final lyrics, the auction house said on its website.

The song appeared as the lead track on the acoustic side of his 1965 Bringing It All Back Home album and was the first Dylan composition to reach number one in the United States and the United Kingdom, Julien´s said.

Other high-selling items Saturday included a 1968 Dylan-signed oil-on-canvas painting for $260,000 and a custom 1983 Fender guitar that he owned and played for $225,000.

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