How much for poetry from a 16 year old Robert Zimmerman?
NY auction house offers poem by a young Bob Dylan
NEW YORK (AP) – Long before he became famous for such tunes as “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Bob Dylan’s social consciousness and artistry were evident in a poem he penned about a little dog who met a tragic end.
Dylan was just 16 – and still going by his given name Bob Zimmerman – when he wrote “Little Buddy” in the summer of 1957 for the newspaper at Herzl Camp in Webster, Wis.
Now the poem is being offered for sale at a Christie’s auction, where it is expected to sell for $10,000 to $15,000 on June 23.</em>
The poem is as follows:
He was such a lovely doggy/ And to me he was such fun/ But today as we played by the way/ A drunken man got mad at him/ Because he barked in joy/ He beat him and he’s dying here today
Ballad of a Thin Man, it ain’t.
