New expensive version of “Blowin’ In The Wind” sells for $1.7 million at auction

The Jokerman himself, Bob Dylan is up to his rascally old tricks again.

The 81-year-old legend, the writer of such tracks as “It Ain’t Me Babe,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,”

and “Here Comes Santa,” who recently sold his entire music catalog for $300 million,

just picked up another million at auction, off-loading a

one-of-a-kind new version of “Blowin’ In The Wind.”

one-of-a-kind new version of “Blowin’ In The Wind.”

Pitched as a “full rebellion against mass consumerism” by legendary producer

T-Bone Burnett, who orchestrated the coup, the newly recorded version of Bob

Dylan singing “Blowin’ In The Wind” sold at Christie’s in London today for 1.4 million pounds or $1.7 million.