Leonard Cohen’s notes, hats and even his hair are going up for auction

nme.com:

Leonard Cohen has been announced to take place next month.Entitled “Leonard Cohen: The Collections of Aviva Layton, Anjani Thomas & More,” the auction is set to take place on February 28 in Los Angeles via Julien’s Auction.

The lot is comprised of 164 items, with the majority of them coming from the collections of Cohen’s longtime friend Aviva Layton and romantic and creative partner Anjani Thomas.Among the items in the collection set to go under the hammer are various typed and handwritten works by Cohen including lyrics, letters, poems, postcards and manuscripts.

Those items are expected to be bought for prices within the low thousands. One of the more impressive pieces that is included in the lot is one of the legendary musician’s personal notebooks from 2007 which features 76 pages of notes, poems, and drafts of lyrics.

The notebook is expected to sell within the $10,000 – $15,000 (£8,000-12,000).A post shared by Julien's Auctions (@juliens_auctions)“Perhaps the most unusual item is the notebook we shared containing snippets of Leonard’s verses in the works, a poem for me, and a list of our bets and debts,” Thomas said (via Billboard).She continued: “We used to bet on any number of things and the stakes were ridiculously high but I never collected on them.