Bob Dylan lyrics sell for record price at auction

The lyrics to Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone', have set a new record for the most expensive lyrics ever sold at auction. They fetched $2,045,000 at Sotheby's in New York - smashing the previous record held by the lyrics to The Beatles' 'A Day in the Life', which sold for $1.2 million.

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