A new recording ofBob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind”has sold for $1.8 million at auction.

The acetate record, available in a limited edition of “one of one,” features a 2021 version of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s classic 1962 folk single, which he re-recorded for the first time in 60 years. It was for sale through Christie’s in England on Thursday, July 8, andwent to an anonymous collector in London for the precise sum of $1,769,508.

The new version of the1962 folk classic, which was recorded in Los Angeles aspart of the “Ionic Original” audio project by producerT Bone Burnett,had been estimated by the auction house to attract between $716,000 and $1,200,000, according toVariety.

It features a coating that protects it from wear but can still play on a standard record player.

“I think it is important to know for people who are concerned about the exclusivity of what we are doing. An Ionic Original is not a ‘copy.’ It is an original recording. We are not contriving scarcity. This is actually scarce,” Burnett toldVariety. “It is a unique, handmade, original recording. We have all been conditioned to accept the terms of and react to things from the frame of mass production. This is not that.”

The direct-to-acetate record was previewed for potential bidders in London, New York, and Los Angeles, as well as select members of the media.

“This is a full rebellion against mass consumerism,” Burnett said in the Variety interview. “It’s not that I don’t want people to hear it. I think this is the best record I’ve ever made in my life, so I want everybody to hear it. For my ego and my sense of ‘I would like everybody to like me,’ this is a sacrifice. I mean, you heard it. Bob sounds good. The band sounds good. The song’s great. And I have to say, I think it’s the best thing that I’ve ever been involved in. It’s the best singer, the best song, great musicians, the sound is killer. I’ll say this: I’ve never done anything better, to be sure.”

Dylan has a new book coming out this fall, a collection of more than 60 essays about songs and songwriters he admires, from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello.

The new book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” is his first release of new material since the acclaimed memoir “Chronicles, Volume One” was published in 2004. “The Philosophy of Modern Song” is scheduled for release on Nov. 8.

“(Dylan) analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to a press release by Simon & Schuster. “And while they (the essays) are ostensibly about music, they are really meditations and reflections on the human condition. Running throughout the book are nearly 150 carefully curated photos as well as a series of dream-like riffs that, taken together, resemble an epic poem.”

The 81-year-old singer-songwriter won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2016 and has continued to tour and record. His most recent album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” was released in 2020.

TheBob Dylan Centeropened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in May, featuring a museum and archive celebrating his work.