Freddie Mercury’s handwritten lyrics and a crown and cloak from his final Queen tour are for sale in upcoming auctions sure to rock fans. A sprawling collection of about 1,500 personal and ...

(CNN) — Never-before-seen draft lyrics of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” suggest that Freddie Mercury considered giving his mock-opera anthem a somewhat different title: “Mongolian Rhapsody.” The ...

Freddie Mercury’s handwritten lyrics for Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” reveal that the song was nearly titled “Mongolian Rhapsody,” according to a lyric sheet bound for auction this month. Sotheby’s ...

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Last month, Sotheby’s London issued a royal decree of sorts. The auction house announced it would sell the never-before-seen personal collection of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury—1,500 items spanning ...

More than 1,400 of Freddie Mercury 's personal items, including his flamboyant stage costumes, handwritten drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the baby grand piano he used to compose Queen's greatest ...

LONDON, United Kingdom — A trove of Freddie Mercury's previously unseen handwritten draft lyrics for some of Queen's biggest hits is on show Thursday in New York, ahead of their sale in London later ...

Freddie Mercury’s piano just sold for over $2 million in a Sotheby’s auction. The Queen frontman first bought the Yamaha C2 baby grand piano in 1975, and is believed to have used the piano to compose ...

The manuscripts include working drafts for "Bohemian Rhapsody" -- which Mercury initially planned to call "Mongolian Rhapsody" -- "Don't Stop Me Now" and "Somebody to Love". "In scope, quality and ...