We Did NOT (Re)Start The Fire

Also, do you want to buy Freddie Mercury's mustache comb?

Are you feeling spendy? Because I’m checking in today from the Drinks With Broads Auction Desk with glad tidings: Sotheby’s is hosting an auction of Freddie Mercury’s belongings this summer and some of it is online for preview.  The auction house says:

Alongside his legendary public persona, Freddie Mercury was a deeply educated collector with a connoisseur’s eye, honed over years of careful research and exploration of the artists and movements that sparked his intellectual and aesthetic curiosity.

This collection has remained at Freddie’s beloved Garden Lodge for over three decades and displays a quality and diversity of works that are a testament not only to his passion, but his brilliant mind.

If you’re going to be in London between August 4th and September 5th, you can take a squizz in person. Otherwise, let’s take a trip through what’s on the block.

There are several expected items, like gold records or an MTV VMA, which Queen won for the 1992 Wayne’s World version of “Bohemian Rhaps…