Brian
11-19-2003, 10:34 PM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031119/ap_on_en_mu/entertainment_memorabilia_2
NEW YORK - John Lennon (news)'s handwritten lyrics to the song "Nowhere Man" sold for $455,000 at an entertainment memorabilia sale at Christie's auction house.
The lyrics to the Beatles song were expected to fetch between $80,000 and $100,000 at Tuesday's auction, according to Christie's spokeswoman Margaret Barrett.
The sale's other premier item, the Oscar for best director won by Michael Curtiz (news) for his 1942 "Casablanca," sold for $231,500 to famed magician David Copperfield, who bid by phone. It had been projected to sell for between $200,000 and $300,000.
"Nowhere Man," which Lennon wrote in 1965 and said was autobiographical in nature, sold to an anonymous buyer, the auction house said. Lennon was fatally shot almost 24 years ago outside the legendary Dakota apartment house near Central Park.
"Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart (news) and Ingrid Bergman (news), won three Academy Awards (news - web sites), for best director, best picture and best screenplay.
The final prices include Christie's commission: 19.5 percent of the first $100,000 and 12 percent of the rest. Estimates do not reflect commissions.
NEW YORK - John Lennon (news)'s handwritten lyrics to the song "Nowhere Man" sold for $455,000 at an entertainment memorabilia sale at Christie's auction house.
The lyrics to the Beatles song were expected to fetch between $80,000 and $100,000 at Tuesday's auction, according to Christie's spokeswoman Margaret Barrett.
The sale's other premier item, the Oscar for best director won by Michael Curtiz (news) for his 1942 "Casablanca," sold for $231,500 to famed magician David Copperfield, who bid by phone. It had been projected to sell for between $200,000 and $300,000.
"Nowhere Man," which Lennon wrote in 1965 and said was autobiographical in nature, sold to an anonymous buyer, the auction house said. Lennon was fatally shot almost 24 years ago outside the legendary Dakota apartment house near Central Park.
"Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart (news) and Ingrid Bergman (news), won three Academy Awards (news - web sites), for best director, best picture and best screenplay.
The final prices include Christie's commission: 19.5 percent of the first $100,000 and 12 percent of the rest. Estimates do not reflect commissions.