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    US national anthem, first edition. fetches 506,500 dollars

    US national anthem, first edition. fetches 506,500 dollars

    New YOrk - A first edition of the music to the US national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, fetched 506,500 dollars at a Christie's auction Friday night.

    The copy is one of only 11 known copies of the first edition of the hymn, written by Francis Scott Key.

    The price was twice what had been estimated, Christie's said.

    Key was a lawyer and poet who wrote the patriotic music as he watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, Maryland, during the War of 1812.

    The first edition of the music is identified by a missing "t" in the title: The Star Spangled Banner: A Pariotic (instead of Patriotic) Song.

    nationmultimedia.com

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    God please give us Jimi Hendrix back you can have Justin Beiber.



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    That seems really cheap to me.
    Not a bad song either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mid
    Key was a lawyer and poet who wrote the patriotic music as he watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, Maryland, during the War of 1812.
    Wonder what he got paid for writing it? Doubt it was anywhere near $500K.

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    This would make a good new National Anthem for our American buddies :


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