Some dummy just paid $1.2 million for Don McLean’s “American Pie” lyrics

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An anonymous bidder just paid $1.2 million for Don McLean’s “American Pie” lyrics, thus marking the day common sense died. The 16-page manuscript and accompanying notes were sold in a four-minute frenzy of bidding Tuesday morning at Christie’s in New York. Though bidding on the lyrics started at $500,000, some experts estimated that they could go for as much as $1.5 million.