Lennon's Schoolbook Art up for Saleing-bottom: 100%;"> A 10-page school exercise book, bound in red paper and filled with the scribbles of a 12-year-old Liverpool boy, is expected to fetch £100,000 at auction next month. The exercise book, somewhat grandly entitled My Anthology, is the work of John Lennon and includes doodles, drawings and poems said to have inspired some of the Beatles' greatest songs. One sketch is of the walrus from Lewis Carroll's The Walrus and the Carpenter, believed to have been the inspiration for the band's song I Am the Walrus. "He will always be remembered as one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time," said Louise Cooper of auctioneers Cooper Owen. "But these sketches and poems paint a new picture of the creativity and passion that was rushing through his veins at such a young age."The book includes 10 famous poems, including The Walrus and the Carpenter. That obviously led in his mind to I Am the Walrus. It is a very early link to that song. It shows how artistic he was. It is so colourful. He'd sit there at his desk and he'd be off daydreaming and writing poems." The book is not the oldest example of Lennon's belongings in the sale of rock memorabilia on April 19. Also being auctioned is his engraved silver christening bracelet. A devastating letter from Lennon and fellow Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr to Paul McCartney, which some Beatles experts believe led to the irrevocable split in the band, is another item in the sale. John, George and Ringo wanted the group to be managed by former Rolling Stones manager Alan Klein, but Paul wanted Linda McCartney's father, Lee Eastman, to be manager. "The others thought that would give Paul too much power within the band," Ms Cooper said. 英國已故“披頭士”樂隊歌手列儂在12歲時的一本練習本4月19日將在英國公開拍賣，同時被拍賣的還有他寫給保羅·麥卡特尼的信。據認爲，這封信導致了披頭士樂隊成員分道揚鑣。 據《衛報》3月27日報道，將要拍賣的練習本共10頁，裏面既有列儂自創和抄寫其他作家的詩歌，也有他的隨手塗鴉。在這本題爲“我的選集”的練習本里有一幅海象的素描，是小列儂根據英國詩人L.卡羅爾的《海象與木匠》所畫。人們認爲，詩中的海象就是披頭士樂隊著名歌曲《我是海象》的靈感來源。 來自庫珀·歐文拍賣公司的庫珀女士表示，“練習本中的塗鴉和詩歌爲我們重新描畫出了奔騰在一個少年血液中的創造力與激情”。 據報道，這本練習本預料拍賣價將達10萬英鎊。 報道說，在4月19日的列儂生前紀念品拍賣會上，除了上述練習本之外，還將有他小時候接受洗禮時所帶過的一隻銀手鐲，以及列儂和樂隊鼓手斯塔爾、歌手哈里森一同寫給另一名歌手保羅·麥卡特尼的一封信進行拍賣。研究披頭士樂隊的專家認爲，正是這一封信最終導致了樂隊成員最後的分手。 在這封信中，約翰（列儂）、喬治（哈里森）以及林格（斯塔爾）希望由前滾石樂隊經理阿蘭·克萊恩主管披頭士樂隊事務，然而保羅卻希望將樂隊交給自己的岳父易斯特曼來打理。“他們認爲這樣會讓保羅在樂隊中享有太多的權力”，庫珀女士解釋說。
