David Bowie's handwritten lyrics sell at auction for £89,000
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The lyrics to Suffragette City were among the memorabilia sold
David Bowie's handwritten lyrics have fetched £89,000 after they were sold at auction.
The lyrics sheet contains the late singer's corrections, drafts and notes when creating his tracks Rock n Roll Suicide and Suffragette City.
Omega Auctions in Uxbridge, west London, predicted the page could sell for between £50,000 and £100,000.
The auction house previously sold a page of Bowie's handwritten lyrics for Starman for £203,500.
Both tracks in the latest sale featured on Bowie's 1972 classic The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
A letter accompanying the page stated it was given to the original owner by Bowie at Trident Studio alongside some other pages of original lyrics, including some which did not survive.
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- Published7 February 2023
