29th Nov, 2022 10:00
Showcase Sale of Music Memorabilia and Rare Vinyl Records
MARK E. SMITH / THE FALL - MARK'S WRITING INC NOTES ON IAN CURTIS' DEATH.
A page of MES' typed notes - includes a section 'The Shortarse in the Baggy Pants is Dead' with notes on the death of Ian Curtis "when i heard Ian Curtis was dead, I cried a bit and felt guilty, but thought everybody around him or 'into' him should feel much guiltier than I." Signed to bottom of page with date by Mark E. Smith. Also three further pages of typed notes by MES some with amendments possibly for submission to NME. Also: a submission to NME, a copied set of typed lyrics 'Lucifer Over Lancashire'. Some press compilation sheets - seemingly snipped from Ceefax.
Consigned directly from Mark E. Smith's personal collection by Mark's family.
Sold for £500
Hammer Price
A page of MES' typed notes - includes a section 'The Shortarse in the Baggy Pants is Dead' with notes on the death of Ian Curtis "when i heard Ian Curtis was dead, I cried a bit and felt guilty, but thought everybody around him or 'into' him should feel much guiltier than I." Signed to bottom of page with date by Mark E. Smith. Also three further pages of typed notes by MES some with amendments possibly for submission to NME. Also: a submission to NME, a copied set of typed lyrics 'Lucifer Over Lancashire'. Some press compilation sheets - seemingly snipped from Ceefax.
Consigned directly from Mark E. Smith's personal collection by Mark's family.
Auction: Showcase Sale of Music Memorabilia and Rare Vinyl Records, 29th Nov, 2022
