Jacques Brel's Notebooks Up For Auction

Sotheby's is set to auction off private collection of notebooks, autographs and memorabilia of iconic singer Jacques Brel. Brel, who died thirty years ago, isn't a household name here in the U.S. but is still much beloved in Europe and especially in Paris where the auction will take place on October 8. The sale consists of 94 lots, the top item being a notebook that Brel used to jot down the draft lyrics of his masterpiece Amsterdam which is estimated to sell for between 50,000 and 70,000 euros.