ROYALTY,
ROYALTY, THE INSTANTLY
RECOGNISABLE
ROYALTY, THE INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE CROWN AND ROBE
THAT
RECOGNISABLE CROWN AND ROBE THAT FREDDIE MERCURY WORE AT
ONE
THAT FREDDIE MERCURY WORE AT ONE OF THE LAST QUEEN CONCERTS
IS
ONE OF THE LAST QUEEN CONCERTS IS WHAT FANS FIRST SEE AT
SOTHEBY'S.
ABOUT
SOTHEBY'S. ABOUT 1500 ITEMS THAT ONCE
BELONGED
ABOUT 1500 ITEMS THAT ONCE BELONGED TO THE FRONTMAN ARE
NOW
BELONGED TO THE FRONTMAN ARE NOW AT THIS AUCTION HOUSE, FROM
COSTUMES
NOW AT THIS AUCTION HOUSE, FROM COSTUMES TO ALL THINGS FELINE,
INCLUDING
COSTUMES TO ALL THINGS FELINE, INCLUDING HIS WAIST COAST
FEATURING
INCLUDING HIS WAIST COAST FEATURING HIS BELOVED CATS AND
NEVER-BEEN-SEEN
FEATURING HIS BELOVED CATS AND NEVER-BEEN-SEEN SONG NOTES.
>>
NEVER-BEEN-SEEN SONG NOTES. >> THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWN COPY
OF
>> THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWN COPY OF "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY."
>>
OF "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY." >> Reporter: MERCURY'S PERSONAL
FURNITURE
>> Reporter: MERCURY'S PERSONAL FURNITURE AND TRINKETS HAVE NOW
BEEN
FURNITURE AND TRINKETS HAVE NOW BEEN UNVEILED.
>>
BEEN UNVEILED. >> KIMONOS ARE INTERESTING
BECAUSE
>> KIMONOS ARE INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY BRIDGE THAT GAP
BETWEEN
BECAUSE THEY BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN HIS PRIVATE AND HIS
[indiscernible].
>>
[indiscernible]. >> Reporter: HE BLESSED THIS
COLLECTION
>> Reporter: HE BLESSED THIS COLLECTION TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND
MARY
COLLECTION TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND MARY AUSTIN BEFORE HIS DEATH IN
1991.
THE
1991. THE ITEMS WILL GO UP FOR
AUCTION,
THE ITEMS WILL GO UP FOR AUCTION, BUT SOME WORRY IT'LL
BE
AUCTION, BUT SOME WORRY IT'LL BE OUT OF REACH FOR MANY.
HE
BE OUT OF REACH FOR MANY. HE ISN'T FREDDIE, BUT THIS MAN
HAS
HE ISN'T FREDDIE, BUT THIS MAN HAS BEEN PERFORMING AS HIM FOR
15
HAS BEEN PERFORMING AS HIM FOR 15 YEARS.
HE'S
15 YEARS. HE'S HOPING TO BID AND WIN
MERCURY'S
HE'S HOPING TO BID AND WIN MERCURY'S TIFFANY MOUSTACHE
COMB.
THE
COMB. THE SON OF A PARSI INDIAN
COUPLE
THE SON OF A PARSI INDIAN COUPLE BECAME A HERO TO BILL
GROWING
COUPLE BECAME A HERO TO BILL GROWING UP.
>>
GROWING UP. >> HE'S ALWAYS CONCERNED HOW HE
LOOKED
>> HE'S ALWAYS CONCERNED HOW HE LOOKED TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT IT
GAVE
LOOKED TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT IT GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS
WHO
GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS WHO I WAS.
>>
WHO I WAS. >> Reporter: SOTHEBY'S SAYS
SOME
>> Reporter: SOTHEBY'S SAYS SOME OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO
CHARITY,
SOME OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO CHARITY, LOOKING TO HONOUR THE
LIFE
CHARITY, LOOKING TO HONOUR THE LIFE OF THE MAN WHO TOUCHED
MILLIONS
LIFE OF THE MAN WHO TOUCHED MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD.