Many reveal another side of Mercury, including his passion for cats and for Japan - as evidenced by his collection of kimonos and prints. Some 1,469 lots will go under the hammer at the famous London auction house, whose facade has been decorated with a huge moustache for the occasion. Mercury "was not interested in having a museum of his life but he loved auctions", to the point of being a regular at Sotheby's sales, said Heaton.Īustin believes the artist - who was 45 when he died - would have "loved" this sale, he added. "Mary Austin has lived with the collection and has cared for the collection for more than three decades," Gabriel Heaton, a books and manuscripts specialist at Sotheby's, told AFP.
Lots include the original annotated lyrics for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
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