The entire collection is being offered for sale by Mary Austin, a close friend and one-time fiancee of Mercury's. The property's green door, covered in fan graffiti, is one of the lots. Paintings by Chagall, Dali and Picasso that adorned Mercury's home, as well as the last painting he bought a month before his death from AIDS in 1991 - an oil on canvas by James Jacques Joseph Tissot - will also go under the hammer.Īll the items for sale are from Mercury's home, Garden Lodge, in west London. It also reveals that it was originally going to be called "Mongolian Rhapsody." It is expected to sell for $2.5 mllion to $3.75 million.Īlso on sale is the original manuscript for epic hit "Bohemian Rhapsody," whose 15 pages of pencil and ballpoint pen remarks reveal the different directions Mercury envisaged for the track. The Yamaha quarter-tail piano was bought by Mercury in 1975 and was used to create almost all of his greatest songs. LONDON - Thousands of items belonging to the charismatic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, from manuscripts of his band's biggest hits to furniture, paintings and knick-knacks are on auction in London from Wednesday.Īmong the highlights of the Sotheby's "evening sale," which will be followed by two other live auctions and three online sales, is Mercury's piano. It does not store any personal data.Freddie Mercury's signature crown and cloak ensemble, worn throughout Queen's 1986 'Magic' Tour, is pictured during a press preview ahead of the "Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own" auctions, at Sotheby's auctioneers in London. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin.
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