Dylan Draft Lyrics Head To Auction

The update mainly clarifies the song’s provenance and framing, adding Albert Grossman to the ownership context and tying the draft more explicitly to the Basement Tapes period. It does not materially change the core auction story or valuation.

The story adds auction timing and slightly sharper provenance details, including that the book was reportedly given to Sally Grossman by Ginsberg in 1969 and later sold from her estate. The manuscript's context is otherwise unchanged.

The story has sharpened from a general rediscovery/provenance narrative into a more concrete auction item description, adding the manuscript's physical characteristics and a specific estimated value. It also now explicitly ties the draft to the 2007 film soundtrack release, reinforcing its collector significance.

The story is mostly unchanged, but the latest coverage adds a stronger framing of the draft as archival primary evidence for Dylan's lyric development and collector value. It also newly ties the song's broader visibility to Todd Haynes' 2007 film context.

Recent coverage is dominated by the rediscovery and auction of a rare working lyric draft for Bob Dylan's I'm Not There. The item's value comes from its clear provenance trail through Allen Ginsberg, Sally Grossman, and Albert Grossman, plus its connection to Dylan's 1967 Basement Tapes-era writing and the song's later 2007 release.