A Victorian-style silver snake bangle Freddie Mercury wore with an ivory satin catsuit in the “Bohemian Rhapsody” video has sold for the highest price ever paid for a piece of jewelry owned by a rock star.
A Sotheby’s employee displays a moustache comb from Freddie Mercury’s personal items at Sotheby’s auction rooms in London, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. More than 1,400 of Mercury’s items, including his flamboyant stage costumes, handwritten drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the baby grand piano he used to compose Queen’s greatest hits, are going on show in a free exhibition at Sotheby’s London ahead of their sale.
More than 1,000 of Freddie Mercury’s personal items, including his flamboyant stage costumes, handwritten drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the baby grand piano he used to compose Queen’s greatest hits, are going on show in an exhibition at Sotheby’s London ahead of their sale. One of only four made Cartier, London ‘Queen Number 1' gold brooch, 1975 is displayed at Sotheby’s auction rooms in London, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.
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