The drafted lyrics to Bob Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine Man' — that he threw away in 1965 — were sold for over $500k by Julien’s Auctions on Saturday, Jan. 18.

Bob Dylan’s legendary “Mr. Tambourine Man,” one of the defining folk-rock tracks of the 1960s, has once again captured the spotlight—but this time, it’s not through a song recording. The original drafts of the song’s lyrics,

The draft lyrics to Bob Dylan’s song “Mr. Tambourine Man” went for over a half-million dollars at a weekend auction for dozens of items related to the iconic American singer-songwriter.

Bob Dylan is enjoying yet another wave of recognition with his story of coming to superstardom being told in the film A Complete Unknown. Now, BBC News reports that two pages of old paper containing the draft lyrics to one of his most famous songs have sold at auction for $508,000.

A spectacular haul of Bob Dylan memorabilia, including early drafts of the singer and songwriter’s number 1 hit “Mr. Tambourine Man” and an original oil painting, will soon go under the hammer.

Bob Dylan tinkered with multiple edits of Mr Tambourine Man before he was happy with the final version of what would become one of his most famous songs...

Bob Dylan’s Mr Tambourine Man is one of the most iconic tracks, and a gift that keeps giving. Two pages of Bob’s drafted lyrics to Mr Tambourine Man have been auctioned for over half a million dollars.

Two pages of lyrics, written in the kitchen of a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll journalist, offer glimpses into the Nobel Prize-winning musician’s writing process.