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Thursday, June 5, 2014
Imagine all the artwork: Lennon trove at auction Associated Press
NEW YORK — Original drawings and poems created by John Lennon for his acclaimed books “In His Own Write” and “A Spaniard in the Works” will go on the auction block. The books’ British publisher, Tom Maschler, has owned the material for a half century and is offering it for sale at Sotheby’s on Wednesday. It is the largest private collection of the Beatle’s work to come to the market, the auction house said, and prices range from $500 to $70,000. Before becoming famous as a musician, Lennon trained as an artist at the Liverpool School of Art. Maschler called Lennon a man of “extraordinary talent and imagination.” He said in a statement that Lennon’s art has been underrated and he hoped that the auction “will redress the balance.” Among the highlights in the 89-piece collection is a cartoon of a boy with six birds that appeared in “A Spaniard in the Works,” published in 1965. The drawing was used 30 years later as the cover for the Beatles’ single “Free as a Bird.” The song was written by Lennon in
1977. Twenty-five years after the group’s breakup and 15 years after Lennon’s death, it was released with additional instrumentation and vocals from the other three band members in 1995. The cartoon has a pre-sale estimate of $12,000 to $15,000. A nine-page manuscript, a Sherlock Holmes parody titled “The Singularge Experience of Miss Anne Duffield,” is estimated to bring $50,000 to $70,000. “The Fat Budgie,” a beloved nonsense poem, could fetch between $25,000 and $35,000. “In His Own Write” is a collection of 31 short stories and poems, full of puns
and spelling errors, published in 1964. It was a big hit with reviewers, who compared Lennon to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. A year later, “A Spaniard in the Works” was published, containing more humorous and nonsensical stories. The title is a pun on the British term “a spanner in the works,” similar to the American expression “a monkey wrench in the works.” Lennon once told the BBC his stories were short because he typed slowly: “I couldn’t be bothered going on.” Maschler, who worked with Lennon on the two books while literary director at Jonathan Cape publishers, has worked with other famous authors, including Tom Wolfe, Edward Albee, Philip Roth and Salman Rushdie.
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Ironic, Bali imports salt
Bali Post
AP Photo/Sotheby’s, John Lennon
DENPASAR - Bali is surrounded by sea, but in fact it has not been able to meet the need for salt. Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali records that salt import amounts to USD 386,448 or 2.40 percent of the total import value during April 2014 reaching USD 16,085,481. “Bali’s coastline is very long. In other words, Bali has a great potential. Uniquely, why Bali im-
ported salt cannot be understood. I imagine that Bali will never import salt,” said the Head of BPS Bali,
Panusunan Siregar. According to him, his party saw some areas such as Buleleng and Karangasem cultivating a salt farm. However, his party did not have a study related to the potential generated by the need of salt in Bali. “I’ve seen salt farmers in Buleleng and Karangasem, but I do not know how much we can empower them to meet the salt needs in Bali. I
observed they remain to process it very traditionally,” he said. He argued the salt imported from Vietnam by Bali required the attention from local government. Thus, the island being rich in potential for salt would be no longer brought in salt products from outside. “We do not know whether the salt produced is not supplied for the needs of Bali or even taken advantage for fertilizer. It
needs a further study,” he said. Meanwhile, the Bali Fisheries and Maritime Agency noted the potential of salt in Bali lay in four counties such as Karangasem (50.55 hectares), Buleleng (110 hectares), Tabanan (2 hectares) and Gianyar (0.30 hectare). These regions would be made the center of salt industry in Bali. Continued on page 6
This undated photo provided by Sotheby’s shows an untitled ink drawing by John Lennon of a boy and six birds.
Drummer says Midnight Oil keen to reform for tour Associated Press
SYDNEY — Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst says members of the iconic Australian rock band are keen to reunite for a tour, but front man Peter Garret was busy writing a memoir. “Peter’s writing his memoirs at the moment, so that might take a while, but I think everyone’s up for it,” Hirst told Faster Louder online music magazine in an interview published on Tuesday. The lanky, bald-headed singer, now aged 61, quit the band in 2002 to pursue a career in federal politics. He became a Cabinet minister in the previous Labor Party government before quitting Parliament at elections in September last year. Midnight Oil was a loud, anti-establishment band that released a series of successful albums during a 26-year career. Its biggest international hit single was “Beds are Burning” from the band’s 1987 album “Diesel and Dust.” The band has reformed twice for charity concerts: WaveAid in 2005 and Sound Relief in 2009.
A salt farmer works on her work field at Karangdadi Beach. Bali is surrounded by sea, but in fact it has not been able to meet the need for salt. Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali records that salt import amounts to USD 386,448 or 2.40 percent of the total import value during April 2014 reaching USD 16,085,481.
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