Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' Handwritten Lyrics Fetch $290,404 at RR Auction

A double-sided manuscript containing Bob Dylan's working lyrics for two songs from his 1975 album Blood on the Tracks sold for $290,404 at RR Auction's Remarkable Rarities sale, which concluded on September 24. The sheet features working lyrics for "Idiot Wind" on one side and a nearly complete draft of "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" on the reverse, written under its working title "You're Gonna Make Me Miss You When You Go." The draft includes revisions, discarded passages, and an additional verse not present in the released recording. The lot also contains a two-sided handwritten transcription of "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" made by Ellen Ziffren, known to Dylan in 1974 as Ellen Bernstein, who stated she made the copy the day after the song was written. The sale price of $290,404 reflects the ongoing market demand for Dylan's original manuscripts, following previous high-profile auctions of his lyrics. RR Auction's Remarkable Rarities sale concluded on September 24, with this lot standing out as a significant artifact from one of Dylan's most acclaimed albums.