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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Robert Dex and Arts Correspondent

Queen singer Freddie Mercury’s private collection to be auctioned

Treasures collected over a lifetime by legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury will be sold at auction after spending the last 30 years locked away behind the doors of his west London home.

Among the objects going under the hammer in six separate sales at Sotheby’s are a crown he wore on Queen’s final tour, valued at £80,000 and his handwritten lyrics to the band’s hit We are The Champions which are expected to fetch £300,000.

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