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Lennon's Schoolbook Art up for Sale
A 10-page school exercise book, bound in red paper and filled with the scribbles of a 12-year-old Liverpool boy, is expected to fetch £100,000 at auction next month. The exercise book, somewhat grandly entitled My Anthology, is the work of John Lennon and includes doodles, drawings and poems said to have inspired some of the Beatles' greatest songs. One sketch is of the walrus from Lewis Carroll's The Walrus and the Carpenter, believed to have been the inspiration for the band's song I Am the Walrus.
"He will always be remembered as one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time," said Louise Cooper of auctioneers Cooper Owen. "But these sketches and poems paint a new picture of the creativity and passion that was rushing through his veins at such a young age. The book includes 10 famous poems, including The Walrus and the Carpenter. That obviously led in his mind to I Am the Walrus. It is a very early link to that song. It shows how artistic he was. He'd sit there at his desk and he'd be off daydreaming and writing poems."
The book is not the oldest example of Lennon's belongings in the sale of rock memorabilia on April 19. Also being auctioned is his engraved silver christening bracelet.
A devastating letter from Lennon and fellow Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr to Paul McCartney, which some Beatles experts believe led to the irrevocable split in the band, is another item in the sale. John, George and Ringo wanted the group to be managed by former Rolling Stones manager Alan Klein, but Paul wanted Linda McCartney's father, Lee Eastman, to be manager. "The others thought that would give Paul too much power within the band," Ms Cooper said.
中文翻译
列侬童年练习本与致乐队解散信件即将拍卖
一本10页的学校练习本，用红色纸张装订，里面写满了一位12岁利物浦男孩的涂鸦，预计将于下月以10万英镑的价格拍卖。这本略显隆重地命名为《我的选集》的练习本是约翰·列侬的作品，包含涂鸦、素描和诗歌，据称启发了披头士乐队一些最伟大的歌曲。其中一幅素描画的是刘易斯·卡罗尔《海象与木匠》中的海象，被认为是乐队歌曲《我是海象》的灵感来源。
拍卖行库珀·欧文的露易丝·库珀表示：“他将永远被铭记为有史以来最伟大的歌手和词曲作者之一。但这些素描和诗歌描绘了一幅新的图景，展现了如此年轻的他血液中奔涌的创造力和激情。这本书包含了10首著名诗歌，包括《海象与木匠》。这显然在他的脑海中催生了《我是海象》。这是与那首歌非常早期的联系。它展示了他多么具有艺术天赋。他会坐在书桌前，开始做白日梦和写诗。”
在4月19日的摇滚纪念品拍卖中，这本书并非列侬物品中最古老的。同时被拍卖的还有他刻有铭文的银制洗礼手镯。
拍卖的另一件物品是列侬及其披头士乐队成员乔治·哈里森和林戈·斯塔尔写给保罗·麦卡特尼的一封毁灭性信件，一些披头士专家认为这封信导致了乐队不可挽回的分裂。约翰、乔治和林戈希望乐队由前滚石乐队经理艾伦·克莱恩管理，但保罗希望由琳达·麦卡特尼的父亲李·伊士曼担任经理。库珀女士说：“其他人认为这会让保罗在乐队中拥有太多权力。”