"Paper Gods" Duran Duran album - signed

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Ended:November 3rd 2015, 12:05pm EST

Winner: marco.angelozzi

€181($193 USD)

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The Prize

This auction is for a signed Duran Duran album, Paper Gods. This is the fourteenth studio album from the band, which is part of a new contract with Warner Bros. Records and also a new phase in the band's sound. 'We were able to find a completely new inspiration in this album,' said Nick Rhodes, 'The other day we were talking about groups that have been around for a long time - some of our contemporaries and other, even older ones - there are only a handful that still do concerts, and we said "what albums do we have from them? It was difficult to answer."'

The album was signed by Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor at an exclusive event at Mondadori in Milan on Friday, October 23rd 2015.

Proceeds from this auction support Nobel a Mogol.

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The Cause

Nobel a Mogol (NaM), or Nobel to Mogol, is a nonprofit organization founded by three friends, Nanco Paoletti and journalists Milo Goj and Nestar Tosini. For years they have interpreted and studied the lyrics of the late, famous Italian singer Lucio Battisti, whose songs were written by Giulio Rapetti Mogol. Mogol has also written songs for many other Italian singers that have become great successes over the past 50 years: from Bobby Solo to Little Tony, Riccardo Cocciante and Adriano Celentano.

As they studied Mogol's songs, the three literati reached the conclusion that many of his texts were in all regards authentic poetry. If poetry means turning feelings, moods and states of being into words, then Mogol is certainly a great poet. Such verses as, "When sadness falls upon the depth of your heart, like the falling snow it make not a sound," leave nothing to be desired. They are right on par with even the most well-known and appreciated "traditional" poetry. He has written so many of such verses that a publication of them should be made.

Mogol is therefore a great poet whose works match up to those of other Nobel prize authors. The Nobel to Mogol Association aims precisely at persuading public opinion to create a movement to nominate Giulio Rapetti Mogol for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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