Lennon's Schoolbook Art up for Sale
A 10-page school exercise book, bound in red paper and filled with the scribbles1 of a 12-year-old Liverpool boy, is expected to fetch 100,000 at auction2 next month. The exercise book, somewhat grandly entitled My Anthology, is the work of John Lennon and includes doodles, drawings and poems said to have inspired some of the Beatles' greatest songs. One sketch3 is of the walrus4 from Lewis Carroll's The Walrus and the Carpenter, believed to have been the inspiration for the band's song I Am the Walrus.
He will always be remembered as one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time, said Louise Cooper of auctioneers Cooper Owen. But these sketches5 and poems paint a new picture of the creativity and passion that was rushing through his veins6 at such a young age. The book includes 10 famous poems, including The Walrus and the Carpenter. That obviously led in his mind to I Am the Walrus. It is a very early link to that song. It shows how artistic7 he was. It is so colourful. He'd sit there at his desk and he'd be off daydreaming8 and writing poems. The book is not the oldest example of Lennon's belongings9 in the sale of rock memorabilia on April 19. Also being auctioned10 is his engraved11 silver christening bracelet12. A devastating13 letter from Lennon and fellow Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr to Paul McCartney, which some Beatles experts believe led to the irrevocable split in the band, is another item in the sale. John, George and Ringo wanted the group to be managed by former Rolling Stones manager Alan Klein, but Paul wanted Linda McCartney's father, Lee Eastman, to be manager. The others thought that would give Paul too much power within the band, Ms Cooper said.
英国已经过世披头士乐队歌手列侬在12岁时的一本训练本4月19日将在英国公开拍卖，同时被拍卖的还有他写给保罗麦卡特尼的信。据觉得，这封信致使了披头士乐队成员分道扬镳。
据《卫报》3月27日报道，将要拍卖的训练本共10页，里面既有列侬自创和抄写其他作家的诗歌，也有他的随手涂鸦。在这本题为我的选集的训练本里有一幅海象的素描，是小列侬依据英国诗人L.卡罗尔的《海象与木匠》所画。大家觉得，诗中的海象就是披头士乐队著名歌曲《我是海象》的想法来源。
来自库珀欧文拍卖企业的库珀女性表示，训练本中的涂鸦和诗歌为大家重新描画出了奔腾在一个少年血液中的创造力与激情。
据报道，这本训练本预料拍卖价将达10万英镑。
报道说，在4月19日的列侬生前纪念品拍卖会上，除去上述训练本以外，还或有他小时候同意洗礼时所带过的一只银手镯，与列侬和乐队鼓手斯塔尔、歌手哈里森一同写给另一名歌手保罗麦卡特尼的一封信进行拍卖。研究披头士乐队的专家觉得，正是这一封信最后致使了乐队成员最后的分手。
在这封信中，约翰（列侬）、乔治（哈里森）与林格（斯塔尔）期望由前滚石乐队经理阿兰克莱恩主管披头士乐队事务，然而保罗却期望将乐队交给我们的岳父易斯特曼来收拾。他们觉得如此会让保罗在乐队中享有太多的权力，库珀女性讲解说。
