More than 1,400 items are being sold by Mercury’s close friend, Mary Austin, to whom he left his house and all its possessions when he died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1991 at 45.
Some of the proceeds from a series of live and online auctions were to go to charities. All of the proceeds of the sale of a Cartier onyx and diamond ring given to Mercury by Elton John that sold for 273,000 pounds were to go to the “Rocket Man” singer’s AIDS charity.
People from around the world visited “Freddie Mercury: A World of his Own,” and the publicity drove up bidding for online auctions that began last month and close next week. One of the quirkier items, a silver moustache comb from Tiffany & Co, that had been expected to set a buyer back 400 to 600 pounds had a bid at 35,000 pounds .
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