A New 2021 recording of ‘Blowin’ in the Wind Bob Dylan awarded £1.48m this thursday ($1.76 million, €1.73 million) at Christie’s auction house in London, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the iconic song.
This is Dylan’s first studio recording since 1962 of the song, which is actually from his second album ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. one of the symbols of the civil rights movement from the 60s of the last century.
In 2021, the singer-songwriter returned to the studio to record a new version on vinyl with multi-Grammy and Oscar-winning producer and songwriter Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett III using his patented technology for the first time. Sixty years after Bob (Dylan) wrote and recorded ‘Blowin’ in the Wind, he presents a new recording of his song. very relevant to our time and that sounds like decades of the artist’s life and experience,” said the producer.
They showed it from Christie’s “Excited” to be able to present this “unique recording”according to procurement expert Peter Clarinet, who described the song as “one of the most important of the last century”.
A Stradivarius violin
In the same tender, Stradivarius ‘Hellier’ violin left without buyer It was made in 1679 by the famous luthier Antonio Stradivari. According to Christie’s expert Florian Leonhard, the instrument is distinguished by special inlays that outline its silhouette, making it “one of only 11 ornate and inlaid violins” by the Cremona master.
“It hails from the early Strdivari era and was made in 1679 with very mature design features such as the grand model, embroidery with bold elements and a wide straight bow,” he told Efe.
It was also offered to the highest bidder. Sculpture ‘Recumbent Magdalene’ by Antonio Canova and other works by great artists such as Renaissance Lucas Cranach the Elder, Flemish painter Anton Van Dyck, and the Englishman William Turner, known as the “painter of light.”
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