A two-page, handwritten letter from Sir Paul McCartney to late musician Prince has been sold at an auction in Boston for more than $14,000. The letter from the Beatles musician is a request from Prince for a donation to help establish the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, which McCartney co-founded in 1996, according to Rolling Stone. The letter was sold for the final amount of $14,822 at Boston’s RR Auction.
The transcript of the full letter reads:
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Dear Princely person,
Hi there! I know how hard it is to always be getting letters that ask for some favour or another, so it was not easy for me to accept the job of Lead Patron for a Performing Arts School to be located in my home town, Liverpool.
But, you guessed it! I did agree to do it, so now I’m writing to “friends and all good people” to try and interest them in the scheme.
The story started just after the inner-city riots in Liverpool a few years ago. A friend suggested that “what the city needs is a ‘Fame’ school.”
I liked the idea as a possible positive focus for local and overseas kids, but it was only later when I went back to my own old school that was in ruins, that I thought by locating a Performing Arts Centre there we could save the 1825 building in the process.
So…(phew!)
We’re now well on our way, as the enclosed info shows, but there’s still a lot to be done.
Now the hard part. A donation from you would be a great boost to the project, and I know your involvement in some way, would be a thrill for everyone concerned.
Hope you didn’t mind me writing this, it’s so long since I’ve written letters I feel like I’m back at school myself.
Anyway, one of these days you’ll have to come and teach a class some moves!!
Who knows, it may turn out to be something special for thousands of future kids.
Thanks for looking at this.
Cheers, & Love
Paul (McCartney)
After Prince’s tragic death on April 21, 2016 at age 57, McCartney recalled spending New Year’s Eve with the “Purple Rain” singer stating, “he seemed fine and played brilliantly funk music.” Since Prince’s death, fans have been doing anything they can to get their hands on special Prince-related memorabilia, especially something as rare as a letter addressed to him from Paul McCartney.
If you had the money, would you spend $15,000 on a handwritten letter from Sir Paul McCartney to Prince?
