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Stained Beatle Lyrics on Auction Block

Lisa Rogers, 02.09.2006, 10:55 AM

(EZ-Tracks) - A stained sheet of handwritten Beatles lyrics went on display Tuesday before a sealed-bid auction where it was expected to sell for at least $2 million US. The draft of the words to A Day in the Life, from the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, were written by John Lennon and are considered one of the most valuable musical manuscripts of the 20th century to be offered for sale. The Beatles' road manager, Mal Evans, sold the piece of memorabilia for $100,000 at Sotheby's in London in 1992 to an unidentified American collector, who has now put the item up for sale. The sheet, which has lyrics over both sides and is thought to be stained by either coffee or egg, are on private view at Bonhams auction house, in London until Feb 3rd.

Oh the humanity! There are millions of innocent people starving all over this globe and yet a lyric sheet with yak stains on it is selling for 2 million. Yes it's the Beatles, but even John Lennon would find this wasteful.

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