Freddie Mercury’s prized piano that he used to compose Bohemian Rhapsody and other hits by Queen sold for nearly $3 million on 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.
Items connected to the operatic Bohemian Rhapsody, the band’s most enduring hit, brought in a premium with hand-written lyrics to the song selling for about 1.4 million pounds ($2.4 million Cdn) and a gold Cartier brooch of the words “Queen number 1” given to each band member by their manager after the song topped the charts selling for 165,000
