Beatles lyrics handwritten by Paul McCartney have sold for $192,000 at an auction at Christie's in New York. The early version of the words to 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' were given to McCartney's biographer Barry Miles, apparently, soon after they had been written.
Elsewhere in the sale, a guitar owned by the late Jimi Hendrix fetched $168,000, a page from Britney Spears' schoolbook made $240 (I read the book review on it, and to be fair, it wasn't a good read so I'm not surprised it didn't go for more), more handwritten lyrics, this time courtesy of Bob Marley, which brought $72,000, and a poem written by Doors frontman Jim Morrison made $50,000.