David Bowie’s handwritten lyric sheet valued at £100,000 for auction
nme.comDavid Bowie‘s handwritten lyric sheet has been estimated to potentially fetch up to £100,000 at auction.The documents, which will go under the hammer next week, contain the late singer’s corrections, drafts and notes to his tracks ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’ and ‘Suffragette City’.
Both appear on his seminal 1972 album, ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars‘.So far, the lyric sheet has been valued at anywhere between £50,000 to £100,000.
It is due to be displayed at Omega Auctions showcase sale on November 28.According to the letter of provenance, the page is from the final recording sessions of the album.
Bowie allegedly gave the original owner the lyric sheets at Trident Studio, alongside some other pages of original lyrics, some of which have not survived.The side of the page containing the ‘Suffragette City’ lyrics also revealed a note at the bottom left for the publisher.
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