Dylan’s guitar from Newport to be auctioned in NYC
Dylans guitar from Newport to be auctioned in NYC
By Ula Ilnytzky, AP, reported on Yahoo Music, October 31, 2013
Dylan during electric set at the 1995 Newport Folk Festival
NEW YORK (AP) The sunburst Fender Stratocaster that a young Bob Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when he famously went electric, perhaps the most historic instrument in rock 'n' roll, is coming up for auction, where it could bring as much as half a million dollars.
Though now viewed as changing American music forever, Dylan's three-song electric set at the Rhode Island festival that marked his move from acoustic folk to electric rock 'n' roll was met by boos from folk purists in the crowd who viewed him as a traitor. He returned for an acoustic encore with "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."
Now the guitar is being offered for sale Dec. 6, Christie's said. Five lots of hand- and typewritten lyric fragments found inside the guitar case early versions of some of Dylan's legendary songs also are being sold. The lyrics have a pre-sale estimate ranging from $3,000 to $30,000.
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I was there in the audience. It was an experience I will never forget.
You mean the lyric fragments? The guitar is estimated to sell for half a million bucks.