![]() ![]() ![]() They formed in London, in 1970, after art-school graduate Farrokh Bulsara combined forces with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor of the band Smile-but they didn’t truly become Queen until they were joined by bassist John Deacon and Bulsara changed his name to Freddie Mercury. Packing enough pomp and grandeur to make their name seem understated, they built high-octane pop songs out of parts boosted from classical music, dance music, doo-wop, New Wave, metal, and opera-forging one of the most distinctive and distinguished catalogs in modern music history. It sold for about 1.4 million pounds ($1.7 million).ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.For Queen, rock was merely a jumping-off point. The handwritten draft of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' - scratched on stationery from the defunct British Midland Airways showed Mercury originally named the song 'Mongolian Rhapsody' but crossed it out. Other items likely to be treasured by Queen fans were Mercury's draft lyrics hits 'Don't Stop Me Now,' 'We Are the Champions' and 'Somebody to Love.' The Yamaha baby grand piano that Mercury wrote some of his biggest hits on had been expected to reach bids as high as 3 million pounds ($3.75 million) but sold for 1.7 million pounds ($2.2 million). One of the quirkier items, a silver moustache comb from Tiffany & Co, that had been expected to set a buyer back 400 to 600 pounds ($500-750) had a bid at 35,000 pounds ($43,750). People from around the world visited "Freddie Mercury: A World of his Own," and the publicity drove up bidding for online auctions that began last month and close next week.Įven the items that had seemed in reach for some buyers, quickly eclipsed estimates in online auctions.Ī collection of chopsticks that was estimated to fetch 40-60 British pounds had a current bid 1,200 pounds ($1,500). Sotheby's devoted all 15 of its galleries to display Mercury's eclectic collection in a tribute that was like a museum exhibit that it opened to the public for free, drawing more than 140,000 visitors in just over a month. ![]() Among the items sold at auction were prints by Pablo Picasso (190,500 pounds $240,000), Salvador Dali (48,260 pounds $60,900) and Marc Chagall (63,500 $80,000), antique furniture and numerous cat figurines. ![]()
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