Music News - 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. Read more at www.tnp.sg
The Yamaha piano was purchased in 1975 by Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991 at age 45. The instrument could fetch a value of two to three million pounds ($2.5 million to $3.75 million) Some 1,469 lots will be auctioned at the London house, whose façade was decorated with a huge moustache. The collection was put up for sale by Mary Austin, a close friend who became Mercury's fiancée. Part of the proceeds will be donated to the Mercury Phoenix Trust and the Elton John AIDS Foundation, two organizations involved in the fight against AIDS.
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London: A sale of thousands of items belonging to the charismatic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury got under way on Wednesday in London, with the graffi.