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[Freddie Mercury]
A Münchner Löwen Club t-shirt, owned and worn by Freddie Mercury, ca. [1983]
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April 23, 03:30 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
A white, 100% cotton Fruit of the Loom t-shirt, size small, with blue MLC (Münchner Löwen Club) logo at left chest.
16 1/2 in. pit-to-pit. 24 3/4 in. long.
All measurements taken flat.
Offered with photograph of Freddie wearing the shirt as well as documentation of its sale as part of Sotheby’s Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own auction in 2022.
Munich was a deeply important place to Freddie Mercury, providing not only a temporary home but a level of respite from the public eye he simply could not get in London. Living there from 1979 until 1983, while his legendary Garden Lodge was under renovation, he deliberately immersed himself in the city’s nightlife and social scene.
This t-shirt has direct ties to Mercury’s robust social life during his Munich years; it originates from the Münchner Löwen Club (Munich Lions Club), a gay leather and fetish club founded in 1974, which became one of Mercury’s haunts during his time in the city.