John Lennon's handwritten manuscript of "Nowhere Man" sold for $455,000 at auction Wednesday.
Published November 22, 2003
Christie's sold it; its pre-auction estimate was $80,000 - $100,000. Written on a piece of notebook paper in 1965, its price fell just short of George Harrison's first guitar, which went for $473,000.
The song was the fourth of 14 on "Rubber Soul," certainly one of the Beatles three best albums, with such other great songs as Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood, You Won't See Me, Think for Yourself, Word, Michelle, What Goes On, Girl, I'm Looking Through You, In My Life, Wait, If I Needed Someone, and Run for Your Life. Wow. At least 10 potential/actual #1 singles there. How far rock has fallen, to where now if there's one good song, that's enough to build an album around.
- John Lennon's handwritten manuscript of "Nowhere Man" sold for $455,000 at auction Wednesday.
- Published: November 22, 2003
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Quite ironic that a song entitled "Nowhere Man" could bring such a handsome sum. I have some old songs lying around nowhere, er.. somewhere, I think. Did I tell you I was once on TV? Any takers?
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...and let me tell you, that danged thing is gonna severely cut into my CD budget.