There is another Johnny June Carter Cash auction, following the $4M raised to cover Cash’s death taxes in 2004 (why the estate didn’t have enough money to cover it is beyond me).
Everything from the infamous pix of Cash giving the camera the finger, to his capes, harmonicas. And handwritten notes. IOLnews.co.za report: “An undated handwritten note from Bruce Springsteen and addressed to “Big John” is on the block for $500 to $700. It reads in part, “Here’s my latest (album). It’s got a lot of country + folk influences + I thought you might get a kick out of it.”
“Cash’s handwritten lyrics to dozens of obscure or unrecorded songs abound. Among them is an intriguing confessional love song called “I Draw the Line” with the couplet “I have often fallen to the lure of smouldering (cq) eyes and I’ve given in to the wilder side of me”. It has an estimated price range of $2 000 to $4 000. “
I am not certain why I find this story so damn depressing. It is just heartbreaking watching somebody, a Johnny Cash no less, have his life sold off to souvenier hunters.