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Ellie Iorizzo & Kirstie McCrum

David Bowie’s handwritten Starman lyrics expected to fetch £40,000 at auction

Handwritten Davie Bowie lyrics are set to go under the hammer at auction and could net a cool £40,000. Starman was released in 1972 and appeared on Bowie's famous concept record The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

The lyrics talk about the eponymous Starman who would “like to come and meet us but he thinks he’d blow our minds”. The lyrics were formerly on display in the V&A Museum’s David Bowie Is collection, and they have been owned by the same person since the 1980s.

The A4 page features handwritten amendments and edits by Bowie, including corrected spelling mistakes and additions. Dan Hampson, auction manager for Omega Auctions, said: “David Bowie remains one of the most influential recording artists of all time and someone whose lasting influence on music is still being studied.

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