![]() #AuctionUpdate Freddie Mercury’s Yamaha G2 Baby Grand Piano-which he used to compose hits such as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and considered as an extension of himself-sells for £1.7m, setting a record for a composer's piano /bE0dJjZLIB' Sotheby's September 6, 2023 It was a record sale for a composer’s piano, auctioneers Sotheby’s confirmed. ![]() The Yamaha baby grand piano, along with his Garden Lodge home in west London for £412,750 (over R8 million) was among thousands of items sold at a live auction on 6 September. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Carl LenderĪ piano used by late Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury has sold for a record £1.7 million (over R30 million) at auction. The item broke a record set when John Lennon’s leather and bead talisman sold for 295,000 pounds ($368,000) in 2008, Sotheby’s said.Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury. The bracelet went for 698,500 pounds ($881,000) - 100 times its estimated low price. Items connected to the operatic “Rhapsody,” the band’s most enduring hit, brought a premium with hand-written lyrics to the song selling for about 1.4 million pounds ($1.7 million) and a gold Cartier brooch saying “Queen number 1″ given to each band member by their manager after the song topped the charts, selling for 165,000 pounds ($208,000).Ī Victorian-style silver snake bangle Mercury wore with an ivory satin catsuit in a video for the song - long before the days of MTV - set a record for the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of jewelry owned by a rock star, Sotheby’s said. ![]() LONDON (AP) - Freddie Mercury‘s prized piano that he used to compose “Bohemian Rhapsody” and other hits by Queen sold for more than $2 million Wednesday as some of the late singer’s massive collection of flamboyant stage costumes, fine art and original lyrics were auctioned in a sale that broke records.
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