That’s numerous ch-ch-ch-ch-change.
A handwritten lyric sheet for David Bowie’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide” and “Suffragette City” has hit the auction block, potentially fetching as much as $126,000, the BBC reports.
The 2 tracks are featured on Bowie’s 1972 album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.” The sheet, which incorporates Bowie’s corrections, drafts and notes, is about to go on sale Tuesday via Omega Auctions.
The memorabilia was once displayed by London’s V&A Museum before touring the world from 2013 to 2018 as a part of an exhibit.
Other items on the market include a lyric book once owned by Oasis’ Noel Gallagher that features lyrics from “She’s Electric,” “Going Nowhere” and “Champagne Supernova,” amongst other hits.
A page containing handwritten lyrics by The Doors frontman Jim Morrison, who died in 1971, can also be available for purchase.
Bowie died in 2016 on the age of 69 following a liver cancer battle.
The BBC reports that a lyric sheet for “Starman” previously sold via Omega Auctions for around $208,000.
Last 12 months, Bowie’s estate sold his publishing catalog to Warner Chappell Music, the publishing arm of Warner Music Group, for a reported $250 million.
“All of us at Warner Chappell are immensely proud that the David Bowie estate has chosen us to be the caretakers of one of the crucial groundbreaking, influential, and enduring catalogs in music history,” Warner Chappell Music co-chair and CEO Guy Moot said in a press release in January 2022. “These usually are not only extraordinary songs, but milestones which have modified the course of contemporary music without end.”
Chappell’s deal got here to fruition across the launch of “Bowie 75,” a year-long celebration marking Bowie’s seventy fifth birthday.
Immersive pop-up shops opened in London and NYC, while 4 archival Bowie live performance recordings were reimagined in 360 Reality Audio.
“The fan response to Bowie 75 has been nothing short of fantastic,” Lawrence Peryer, producer of Bowie 75, said last 12 months.
“David was all the time on the leading edge of the most recent developments in technology, so it was a natural fit to collaborate with Sony’s 360 Reality Audio team to bring fans a complete recent strategy to experience his music. The reimagining of David’s music, which may be experienced on the pop-ups or via streaming, has given his lifelong fans and recent listeners alike a reason to have fun.”