In 1964, Leonard Cohen wrote a letter to a friend, explaining that he sold his so -called manuscript "garbage" to the University of Toronto, and the latter raised $ 3,850 for the series. The change of the times, especially in the world of rock souvenirs. Next month, COHE's draft work, letters and other project auctions will include the letter. The auction organizer predicts that the letter will be at least more or more.
Sales (alive or death) of pop singers are becoming more and more common. In 2019, Christie took auction of 50 love letters from Cohen to his muse goddess Marianne Ihlen. But in general, the Cohen project rarely appears in the souvenir tour. This makes the sale of next month- "Leonard Cohen: Julien's auction of Anjani Thomas & More's Aviva Layton, which was held on February 28, seemed to be disappointed It describes "the biggest private library group of the legendary poet, the archive materials and personal effects of singers and songwriters have been auctioned."
The auction is concentrated in a romantic and creative partner Thomas and long -term close -up Layton Tamas contributed by Cohen. He has seen Cohen a few weeks before his death.
The auction will include the draft of the lyrics and poetry, one of Cohen's hat, as a jewelry of a gift, and even his hair. Thomas said: "(Official Cohen) The file will vacuum anything that appears in the market." "Therefore, there is no many available things, and it will not. Therefore, this is one of the opportunities for a thousand years."
Leiden and her late husband, Canadian poet Irving Layton met Cohen for the first time in the mid -1950s. One of the family members of Leiden found the black fisherman's hat in a box in her former Montreal family. The hat can be traced back to Cohen's time in Greece, and Laytons will visit him there.
Leiden recalled: "Leonard is wearing a hat, Irving said: 'I write poems, but I want to write songs and make a lot of money like you." This hat, this is a magical hat. I wrote all the early songs wearing this hat. Devil.
Leiden's contribution also includes the prostitution picture that Cohen faxes her, and the ihlen photo used on the back cover of Cohen Room songAnd the keys on the entrance of the Cohen apartment on Jiutou Mountain Island, Greece. (" Long It was replaced, "she said, to ensure her current occupant.)
Thomas sang in the original version of Cohen (Hallelujah) in Cohen, and worked with him as a spare singer, keyboard player and common songwriter. He provided her and Cohen in 2007 and Cohen. Outside the 76 -page green APICA notebook, she also provided the content she shared with Cohen. Essence Inside is Cohen's handwritten draft, for the song "It It Torn" and "Treaty", and some "personal reflection". The notebook also includes the Jokey betting classification accounts made by Thomas and Cohen, as well as arrears between each other.
Thomas said: "We dare to bet, whether Phil Spector will be imprisoned, I say he will." "We once bet on everything. Money. Fortunately, I have never collected it. "" "
Thomas is still selling poetry of Cohen to her, her 50th birthday. She said: "When he wrote that block, I cried, and then he cried because I cried." "Therefore, this is a sweet emotional experience. It describes our relationship very accurately."
The auction also includes a "golden oval metal box socket with artificial green stones and pearls on the green stones and pearl chains. The spots also contain a piece of Cohen's hair. Thomas recalled:" We have any He had to cut his hair a day, and he just gave me a small box of birthday. "And I think it is a traditional thing to distribute a head on a small box. This is a very old time. "
Other projects in the auctions-except Thomas and Leiden, including the manuscript page of Kon's 1961 novels Earth's spice box With the "handwritten revision", an unpublished poem was inspired by the "bird on the wire" and a letter in 1964. He mourned the Greek police.
Considering that Cohen's materials have almost no auction, this transaction will also be the barometer of Cohen's legendary character since the death of 2016. Christie made a total of $ 876,000 in 2019 to IHLEN's letter auction in 2019. It is estimated that the price of notebooks owned by Thomas is between $ 100,000 and $ 150,000.
Leiden joked: "If I know that Leonard will become 'Leonard Cohen", then my number will increase 10 times. "" Fortunately, I have what I have. Germany is a gift. But I am 91 years old, it's time to let go. "