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Draft of Bob Dylan's 'Rolling Stone' lyrics sell for $2 million [PHOTOS]

Bob Dylan drafted his 1965 classic, "Like a Rolling Stone," on four pages of hotel stationary.

By Kate Stanton
The handwritten lyrics for Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' song is on display at a press preview for the show A Rock & Roll History: Presley to Punk at Sotheby's in New York City on June 20, 2014. UPI/John Angelillo
1 of 3 | The handwritten lyrics for Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' song is on display at a press preview for the show A Rock & Roll History: Presley to Punk at Sotheby's in New York City on June 20, 2014. UPI/John Angelillo | License Photo

NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- Handwritten lyrics for Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" sold for $2 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Tuesday.

Dylan wrote the 1965 classic, dubbed Rolling Stone magazine's Greatest Song of All Time, on four pages of hotel stationary.

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Sotheby's did not reveal the name of the lyrics' new owner. The California man who put the lyrics up for auction was described as someone "who met his hero in a non-rock context and bought [the lyrics] directly from Dylan."

The auction was part of a collection called "Rock and Roll History: From Presley to Punk.", which included a Jimmy Hendrix contract, John Lennon's piano and Elvis Presley's peacock jumpsuit.

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