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Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own | The Evening Sale
11 August - 6 September 2023 • London
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1 The Garden Lodge Door
2 Attributed to Gaetano Bianchini and Angiolo Barbetti
An Italian gilt-bronze mounted ebony and pietre dure centre table, Florence, circa 1870
3 Henri Weigele
Bust of Diana
4 Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström
A jewelled pink gold and silver-mounted guilloché enamel nephrite desk clock, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
5 Tiffany Studios
Seven-Light Lily table lamp, circa 1910
6 Fabergé
A jewelled gold-mounted agate vesta case, Moscow, circa 1890
7 Léon Bénouville
Sideboard, circa 1895
8 Eugen von Blaas
A Rose
9 Maison Krieger, Paris
A French gilt-bronze mounted kingwood bookcase, circa 1900
10 James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot
Type of Beauty: Portrait of Mrs. Kathleen Newton
11 Daum
Vignes et Escargots vase, 1904
12 René Lalique
Alicante vase, designed in 1927
13 Utagawa Hiroshige
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake | (Ohashi Atake no yudachi) Edo period, 19th century
14 Ando Company
A large Ando cloisonné enamel vase, sealed with mark of the Ando Company, Showa period, 20th century
15 Urade Katsuhiko
Swimming carp, Showa period, 20th century
16 Kawasaki Toyama
A large Satsuma vase, signed Kawasaki Toyama with Shimazu mon [crest], Meiji period, late 19th century
17 Mughal, attributed to the artist Khem
A folio from an Akbarnama, A prince on horseback with his entourage, India, circa 1595-1600
18 Marc Chagall
Le Jugement de Chloé (Chloé’s Judgment), from Daphnis et Chloé (Mourlot 315; see Cramer Books 46)
19 Pablo Picasso
Jaqueline au chapeau noir (Bloch 1028; Baer 1311)
20 Salvador Dalí
The Mythology (Michler & Löpsinger 116-131; Field 63-3)
21 Henri Matisse
Masque blanc sur fond noir (D. 811)
22 Miró, Joan
Le Matador (Dupin 510)
23 Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
Moulin Rouge
24 Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S.
Gabrielle
25 Cartier
A nephrite and coral desk timepiece No.2694, Paris, circa 1925
26 Cartier
A jewelled gold-mounted rock crystal, burgauté lacquer and enamel Art Déco timepiece, circa 1925
27 Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.
Two Majolica garden seats, circa 1875
28 Freddie Mercury’s silver snake bangle, worn in the Bohemian Rhapsody video, 1975
29 A diamond brooch, circa 1950
30 Cartier, London
A sapphire and diamond brooch
31 A ruby, sapphire, emerald, onyx and diamond fob watch, circa 1925
32 Cartier, London
An onyx and diamond ring, Cartier, London, 1975
33 A fancy light brown Yellow diamond ring
34 A fancy deep orange brown diamond ring
35 Cartier, London
'Queen Number 1' gold brooch, 1975
36 Paul Fuller for Wurlitzer
A Wurlitzer Model 850 'Peacock' design jukebox by Paul Fuller, American, circa 1941
37 Freddie Mercury's stage-worn costume, 1972-1974, featured on the cover of Queen's debut album, 1973
38 Freddie Mercury | Autograph draft lyrics for 'Killer Queen', c.1974
39 Freddie Mercury's stage-worn wrap-around top & pair of black satin flared trousers, 1974
40 Freddie Mercury's stage-worn kimono, 1976
41 Freddie Mercury's black silk velvet jacket, worn in the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' promotional video, 1975
42 Freddie Mercury | Autograph manuscript draft lyrics for 'Bohemian Rhapsody', c.1974
43 Freddie Mercury's white 'Mercury Wing' catsuit and bolero by Wendy de Smet, 1975-1976
44 The instrument used to compose some of the greatest songs of the 20th century
45 Freddie Mercury's 'Spine Suit' – a 'Black Queen' catsuit by Wendy de Smet worn on stage for the A Night At The Opera tour, 1975-1976
46 Freddie Mercury's Ivor Novello award for 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 1975/1976
47 Freddie Mercury | Autograph draft lyrics for 'Somebody To Love', c.1976
48 Freddie Mercury's stage-worn black and white striped catsuit and ballet shoes worn on the News Of The World tour, November 1977 – May 1978