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Hank Williams lyrics sell for $145,000

January 16th 2008 in Americana, Country Music, Legends

New York City’ – Christie’s November 30 sale of rock and pop memorabilia at totaled $864,938 and was sold 95 percent by value and 87 percent by lot. The top lot was Hank Williams’ notebook of 13 lyrics, which posted a world auction record for a Hank Williams manuscript at $145,000.The 18-page composition notebook is creased down the middle, most likely because Williams carried it in his back pocket for handy use to jot down songs when the mood struck him.

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Blake
wrote on January 17th, 2008

Man… I tell you what… I tried to bid on that thing but they wouldn’t take my wife as payment. I tried to throw in the kids but I was out bid by the final bidder… man… that is a piece of history right there.


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Jason
wrote on January 17th, 2008

That is wild. Maybe the hard drive that holds all my songs in text files will one day be worth something. Or probably not.




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