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Lyrics Handwritten by Bob Dylan On Sale for $2.2 Million
A paper on which music star Bob Dylan wrote the words to one of his most famous songs, The Times They Are A-Changin,' has gone on sale. The asking price is $2.2 million dollars, a record amount for such an object if someone pays it.
Gary Zimet owns the business Moments in Time, an autograph dealership in Los Angeles. He said that the paper was first owned by Jeff Rosen, a top employee of Dylan's. Now, Zimet said, it is being sold by an unidentified private collector.
"It's not an auction. It's a private sale. First come, first served," Zimet told Reuters.
Similar Dylan papers have been sold for record amounts already. In 2014, a buyer paid $2 million for a paper on which the musician wrote the song Like a Rolling Stone.
Dylan wrote The Times They Are A-Changin' in 1963 and included it on an album of the same name the following year. It became a major protest song of the 1960s.
Zimet said he was also selling papers on which Dylan wrote the words to two other songs. The dealer set the price for the writing of 1965's Subterranean Homesick Blues at $1.2 million. He wants $650,000 for the paper on which Dylan wrote Lay Lady Lay, a song released in 1969.
"They are not quite as important," said Zimet, explaining the lower prices. "Subterranean Homesick Blues is certainly a major, major song but not in the same league as ‘The Times They Are A-Changin'," he said.
Musicians' hand-written words to popular songs have become some of the most sought-after objects for collectors.
Singer Don McLean's 16-page handwritten document of the song American Pie sold for $1.2 million in 2015. Paul McCartney's handwritten words to the Beatles' song Hey Jude sold for $910,000 at an online auction earlier this month.
The 78-year-old Dylan is considered the voice of his generation. Last month, he released his first new music in eight years. It included a 17-minute song called Murder Most Foul about the 1963 murder of American President John F. Kennedy.
In 2016, Dylan became the only songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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重点解析
1.music star 歌星
He craves to become a pop music star.
他热望成为一个流行歌曲的歌星 。
2.online auction 网络拍卖
We sell computer music equipment and have an online auction.
我们卖电脑音乐设备而且有线上拍卖 。
3.popular songs 流行歌曲
He likes to play football and to sing popular songs.
他喜欢踢足球和唱流行歌曲 。
4.asking price 要价;锁价
They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price.
他们能够以4倍于要价的价钱出售他们的商品 。
5.It's a private sale. First come, first served," Zimet told Reuters.
First come, first served 先到先得
We operate on a first come, first served basis.
我们的经营方式是先来先接待 。
The rule in the restaurant is first come , first served .
餐馆的规矩是先到先招待 。
6.It's a private sale. First come, first served," Zimet told Reuters.
private sale 私人出售
The Louvre arranged a private sale with Christies to bring the brooch back to France.
卢浮宫与佳士得拍卖行安排了一次私人拍卖将这枚胸针迎回法国 。
Last year Sotheby's held its first exhibition for the private sale of art specifically for the Asian market.
去年,苏富比拍卖行专门针对亚洲市场举行了首次私人艺术品销售展卖 。
参考译文
鲍勃迪伦歌词手稿售价220万美元
音乐家鲍勃迪伦著名歌曲《时代正在改变》的歌词手稿已经开始出售 。该手稿要价220万美元,如若成交,那么这将成为创纪录的拍卖品 。
盖里·齐梅特(Gary Zimet)是“时光瞬间”公司的老板,这是一家位于洛杉矶的签名代理商 。他说,这份手稿最初为迪伦的经纪人杰夫·罗森(Jeff Rosen)所有 。现在,齐梅特表示,该手稿正在被一个身份不明的私人收藏家出售 。
“这不是拍卖 。只是私人出售 。先到先得 。”
类似的迪伦手稿已经卖出过创纪录的高价 。2014年,一名买家以200万美元的价格买下了一份手稿,迪伦在这份手稿上创作了《Like a Rolling Stone》 。
1963年,迪伦创作了歌曲《时代正在改变》,并于次年将其收录在同名专辑中 。该曲成为20世纪60年代主要的抗议歌曲 。
齐梅特表示,他还在出售迪伦的另外两首歌曲的歌词手稿 。该交易商为1965年的《隐秘思乡布鲁斯》(Subterranean Homesick Blues)定价120万美元 。而迪伦于1969年发行的《Lay Lady Lay》的歌词手稿定价为65万美元 。
对于定价略低一事,齐梅特解释称,“它们没有那么重要” 。他说:“《隐秘思乡布鲁斯》无疑是一首非常重要的歌曲,但是不及《时代正在改变》的地位 。”
音乐家写的流行歌曲歌词手稿已经成为收藏家最受欢迎的物品之一 。
2015年,歌手唐·麦克莱恩(Don McLean)的16页歌词手稿《美国派》(American Pie)以120万美元的价格售出 。本月早些时候,保罗·麦卡特尼(Paul McCartney)为披头士乐队(Beatles)所作歌曲《Hey Jude》的歌词手稿在网上拍卖会以91万美元的价格成交 。
78岁的迪伦被认为是他那一代人的声音 。上个月,他发布了他八年来的第一首新曲 。这首名为《最卑鄙的谋杀》(Murder Most Foul)的歌曲时长17分钟,讲述的是1963年美国总统约翰·肯尼迪(John F. Kennedy)被谋杀的故事 。
2016年,迪伦成为唯一获得诺贝尔文学奖的歌曲作家 。
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