Jun 29, 2018
Runaway American Dream: Springsteen's 'Born to Run' lyrics fetch US$250,000 at auction
Bloomberg News
,A working manuscript of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” sold for US$250,000 at Sotheby’s.
The lyrics to the 1975 anthem, ranked as the New Jersey native’s greatest song, was purchased at Sotheby’s Fine Books & Manuscripts auction, Midori Tanaka, a company spokeswoman, said Friday in an email. The buyer’s identity wasn’t disclosed.
The piece, which was purchased in the middle of the estimated range, previously sold for US$197,000 in 2013, also at Sotheby’s, and was later exhibited at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University.
The seller at the latest auction was Floyd Bradley, a Duke benefactor whose parents met in 1942 while they were students there, according to the university’s website.
The sale price includes Sotheby’s US$50,000 commission.