Bidding is underway for dozens of Bob Dylan memorabilia items, including his earliest-known demo recording described as “a revelation.”

New Hampshire-based RR Auction has more than 70 items available through early Wednesday evening, including the original master of the demo Dylan recorded at The Gaslight Café in New York City’s Greenwich Village on Sept. 6, 1961. 

Dylan was 20 at the time and had only arrived in New York from his home state of Minnesota less than eight months earlier.

The recording was made by Dylan’s first manager, Terri Thal, with the hope of getting him more gigs.

As of Wednesday morning, the demo has 23 bids and stands at more than $31,000.

The item with the highest estimate — nearly $40,000 — is a handwritten and signed copy of Dylan’s lyrics to “All Around the Watchtower.”

Most of the items are from the collection of Bob Neuwirth, Dylan’s friend from his first year in New York who went on to be his musical collaborator and road manager.

Neuwirth, who’s most famous for co-writing Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz,” is also featured on the cover of Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” album from 1965 — well, the lower half of his body, that is.

A shimmering, country-western suit worn by Neuwirth in 1976 during Dylan’s epic Rolling Thunder Revue tour is also on the auction block, with bidding up to $20,000 as of Wednesday morning.

Other items include a harmonica Dylan played during his divisive 1966 world tour, when he and his backing band first used electric instruments.

RR Auction says proceeds from the sales of Neuwirth’s collection will go to help fund a documentary on his life and influence.

The auction ends Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. CST.

Dylan, now 83, was born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth and raised in Hibbing. He studied for a year at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where he entrenched himself in folk music. He started performing at a Dinkytown coffee shop and embraced his new moniker before moving out east.

The Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, but won zero.

Last month, Minnesota lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill in the state Senate to make Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country,” and “Purple Rain” by fellow Minnesota luminary Prince, Minnesota’s official state songs.

NOTE: The original airdate of the video attached to this article is Feb. 24, 2025.

After going a perfect 6-0 on a homestand going into this game, the Colorado Avalanche saw their win streak finally came to an end on the road as they lost 2-1 to the Minnesota Wild in the shootout.

Let’s take a look at how it all happened tonight.

First Period

This game was very low event from the start with shots 6-5 in favor of the Wild through the first 20 minutes of play. It was a cautious approach with a lot of blocked shots and perimeter play. Neither team would end up scoring in this period, and we would head to the second period tied at 0-0.

Second Period

The Wild would be the ones to break the ice first. Mats Zuccarello would convert on a little 2-on-0 opportunity off of a turnover from Martin Necas in the Colorado offensive zone, giving the Wild a 1-0 lead.

Third Period

There was a greater sense of urgency at both ends of the ice and then Joel Kiviranta would eventually tie this game with about five minutes left in regulation. Sam Girard threw a backhand shot on goal on this play, and Kiviranta deflected it past the Minnesota goaltender, tying this game at 1-1. From there, we would head to overtime to decide this game.

Overtime

The 3-on-3 overtime period would not be enough to decide this game, and this game would ultimately be decided by a shootout. Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy converted on Minnesota’s first two attempts, and the Avs were unable to find the twine on either of their two attemps from Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas, so the Wild walked away with the extra point here tonight in the 2-1 final.

Takeaways

Colorado’s win streak had to come to an end at one point or another unfortunately. Honestly though, there are worse ways to have it end than on the second half of a back-to-back in the shootout, because at the very least you got a point here tonight after not being able to generate a whole lot in the second or third periods. Obviously it’s not the outcome you probably wanted, but because Colorado took care of business on the homestand that they’re coming off of, they’re still three points ahead of Minnesota and pretty solidly in third place in the Central Division for the moment.

Upcoming

Colorado heads out to Calgary on Friday, March 14th to take on the Flames. Puck drop is at 7:00 p.m. MT.

Richard Pitino was fired by the University of Minnesota four years ago this Saturday. He has quickly turned New Mexico into one of the best teams in the Mountain West, and he’s a hot name on the coaching market this off-season.

There was rumored to be a lot of buzz with him and Florida State before they opted to hire Luke Loucks. According to On3’s Joe Tipton, Pitino’s name is “emerging” at Virginia as they look to replace longtime head coach Tony Bennett, who shockingly retired before the season. Tipton continued, saying, “It sounds like he very well could be the leading candidate.”

Pitino is still only 42 years old and he has a 245-184 (.571) record in his 13-years as a Division I head coach. Within four years, he has gone from being fired at Minnesota, to being a candidate for one of the top jobs in the ACC, if not all of college basketball.

Virginia won the National Championship in 2019, which was the last season Minnesota participated in the NCAA Tournament. Pitino is well on his way to his second straight appearence in the NCAA Tournament with New Mexico, while the Gophers are hoping to get back to .500.

There’s a lot that can happen in a four-year span, but it’s fair to say that Pitino has gotten the better of the breakup with Minnesota. Even if he doesn’t make the jump to a bigger job, he has built New Mexico into one of the top mid-major programs in the country, and an NCAA Tournament birth seems further away than ever for the Gophers.

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