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Bob Dylan
Dylan Draft Lyrics Head To Auction
Coverage from Artnet News, Hypebeast, and others
A working lyric draft for Bob Dylan's "I'm Not There" was found inside a first-edition copy of Allen Ginsberg's Ankor Wat formerly owned by Sally Grossman, a close associate of Dylan and wife of manager Albert Grossman.
The draft is associated with Dylan's 1967 work with The Band and is being offered through Omega Auctions with an estimated value of £20,000 to £40,000. The story combines unusual provenance with continuing collector interest in documents that show how unreleased or later-released songs developed.
The update mainly clarifies the song’s provenance and framing, adding Albert Grossman to the ownership context and tying the draft more explicitly to the Basement Tapes period. It does not materially change the core auction story or valuation.
The story adds auction timing and slightly sharper provenance details, including that the book was reportedly given to Sally Grossman by Ginsberg in 1969 and later sold from her estate. The manuscript's context is otherwise unchanged.