LONDON – Thousands of items belonging to the charismatic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, from manuscripts of his band’s biggest hits and furniture to paintings and knick-knacks, are on auction in London from Wednesday. Among the highlights of the Sotheby’s “evening...
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.All the items for sale are from Mercury’s home, Garden Lodge, in west London. The property’s green door, covered in fan graffiti, is one of the lots.
Mercury “was not interested in having a museum of his life but he loved auctions”, to the point of being a regular at Sotheby’s sales, said Dr Heaton.Some 1,469 lots will go under the hammer at the famous London auction house, whose facade has been decorated with a huge moustache for the occasion. The finest bottles from his cellar, such as Dom Perignon champagne, will be up for grabs alongside more intimate items, such as a book of personally annotated poetry and a moustache comb.
Before the sale, the auction house hosted the collection at a month-long exhibition, open to the public free of charge.
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