Jack Kerouac's On The Road Scroll and Jim Morrison's Journal to Auction

Jack Kerouac's original scrolls for On the Road and The Dharma Bums are among a huge collection of pop culture items going under the hammer at four auctions at Christie's in March.

The Jim Irsay Collection compiled over decades by the late philanthropist, music lover, and owner of the Indianapolis Colts also includes a number of items related to the Beatles.

Highlights of the March 12 auction include:

• Jack Kerouac's original typescript scroll of On The Road (estimate: $2.5M - $4M)
• Paul McCartney's handwritten lyrics for Hey Jude (estimate: $600,000-$1M) and an affidavit filed by McCartney in 1970 to break up The Beatles with handwritten annotations by John Lennon (estimate: $100,000-$150,000)
• Sylvester Stallone's handwritten script notebook for the 1976 Academy-Award-winning film Rocky (estimate: $200,000-$400,000)
• Jim Morrison's journal with over 100 pages of handwritten notes, compositions, poems and sketches (estimate: $100,000-$200,000)
• a rare promotional poster for the Winter Dance Party concert at Moorhead Armory, Moorhead, MN on February 3, 1959, scheduled to feature Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens who were killed in a plane crash on their way to the show (estimate: $300,000-$500,000)

Highlights of the March 13 auction include:

• original typescript scroll of Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums (estimate: $300,000-$500,000)
• a page of working lyrics for the Beatles' song Maxwell's Silver Hammer written out by Beatles' road manager Mal Evans, with several edits in Paul McCartney's hand (estimate: $20,000-$30,000)
• The Godfather production script, a second draft in the original black studio wrappers belonging to actor Randy Jurgensen who played “Sonny's Killer #1” (estimate $4,000-$6,000)
• a Golden Ticket from the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (estimate: $60,000-$120,000)
• Al Pacino's annotated script to the movie Scarface, with several markings in Pacino's handwriting helping him pronounce words in a Cuban accent (estimate: $30,000-$50,000)
• several Babe Ruth autographs, including a ball signed by both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig circa 1927-1931 (estimate: $25,000-$50,000)
• Hunter S. Thompson's personal first edition copy of Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums (estimate: $2,000-$3,000)