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MONTREAL — From pages inked with poems to a locket containing a lock of hair, memorabilia belonging to the late Canadian poet and singer songwriter Leonard was auctioned on Friday, raking in thousands of dollars.
A 76-page notebook filled with poems as well as the lyrics to the songs “Treaty” and “It’s Torn” sold for US$120,650 (C$174,194), the biggest sale of the day, the auction house says.
It says a first edition copy of “Let Us Compare Mythologies,” Cohen’s first published volume of poetry sold for the equivalent of $15,015 and handwritten pages of some poems he published in 1968 sold for $22,920 and $18,770 respectively.
Other items dated from the time the songwriter spent in Greece were sold as well, including a key to Cohen’s home on the island Hydra, which sold for $28,154, while a black Greek fisherman’s cap sold for $11,261.
Jewelry including a locket containing Cohen’s hair sold for $7,334 and a gold bracelet sold for $6,569 while two mezuzahs — a religious item of the Jewish faith — sold for $11,261.