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Particularly poignant was the vest he wore during his final performance with Queen at Knebworth, on 9 August 1986. Numerous stage-worn costumes and accessories accompanied drafts of lyrics as well as doodles and drawings, in Freddie’s own hand. The On Stage auction focused on Freddie’s years as a songwriter, musician and Queen's frontman. This was clearly one of the evening’s highlights, selling for £1,379,000.įreddie’s Neon Telephone, A Loys Diffusion S63 Lucite and Neon Rotary Telephone, Kneider, France, 1985. Meanwhile all eyes were on the draft manuscripts of the ‘greatest British pop single of the past 50 years’ the operatic Bohemian Rhapsody.

A selection of lots drawn from across Freddie’s musical career detonated waves of excitement in the room, as collectors competed for once-in-a-lifetime items, such as the handwritten lyrics for Somebody To Love, (£241,300), Killer Queen (£279,400) and We Are the Champions (£317,500). Aged over the years with scribbled messages from devoted fans, it marked the boundary between Freddie’s public and private life and inspired a fifteen-minute bidding battle, eventually selling for £412,750 - over twenty five times its pre-sale estimate.Īt the heart of auction was, of course, the life and work of Britain’s greatest rock showman of the 20th century.

The sale burst into life with a piece of veritable rock history that immediately set the standard for the evening - the famous green door to Garden Lodge, the portal to Freddie’s sanctuary and a palimpsest of fandom.

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