7th Feb, 2023 9:00
Day 1: Audio Equipment and Music Memorabilia | Day 2: Rare & Collectable Vinyl Records
DAVID BOWIE - HANDWRITTEN LYRICS FOR 'JEAN GENIE'.
A lined page of c A4 paper (21.5 x 28cm) bearing 18 lines of handwritten lyrics by David Bowie for 'Jean Genie'. Titled, signed and dated (72) by Bowie to top of page. Bowie gifted the lyrics to Neal Peters, who founded the official Bowie fan club in 1973. The lyrics are accompanied by a 2009 letter on 'Neal Peters Collection' stationery detailing how Bowie gifted Peters the lyrics. Also with several xeroxed documents relating to Bowie fan club / Peters.
Provenance: Ex-lot 16, Popular Culture; Rock and Pop Memorabilia, Christie's, South Kensington, 24th June 2010, then subsequently at Bonhams, lot 240 Entertainment Memorabilia 3 Jul 2013, then at Paddle 8, February 2017.
Sold for £46,000
Hammer Price
A lined page of c A4 paper (21.5 x 28cm) bearing 18 lines of handwritten lyrics by David Bowie for 'Jean Genie'. Titled, signed and dated (72) by Bowie to top of page. Bowie gifted the lyrics to Neal Peters, who founded the official Bowie fan club in 1973. The lyrics are accompanied by a 2009 letter on 'Neal Peters Collection' stationery detailing how Bowie gifted Peters the lyrics. Also with several xeroxed documents relating to Bowie fan club / Peters.
Provenance: Ex-lot 16, Popular Culture; Rock and Pop Memorabilia, Christie's, South Kensington, 24th June 2010, then subsequently at Bonhams, lot 240 Entertainment Memorabilia 3 Jul 2013, then at Paddle 8, February 2017.
Auction: Day 1: Audio Equipment and Music Memorabilia | Day 2: Rare & Collectable Vinyl Records, 7th Feb, 2023
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