{"id":48406,"date":"2023-09-15T16:08:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T20:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=48406"},"modified":"2023-09-25T10:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:57:35","slug":"freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Mercury Rocked The Auction World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to briefly update you on the sale that ROCKED the auction world! The six-series auction of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freddie_Mercury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freddie Mercury&#8217;s<\/a> personal items managed to defy all expectations by generating an astonishing \u00a339.9 million ($50.4 million). This astronomical figure vastly surpassed the original estimate of \u00a37.6 million to \u00a311.3 million, leaving fans and auctioneers in awe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48412\" style=\"width: 171px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-comb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48412\" class=\" wp-image-48412\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-comb.jpg\" alt=\"Tiffany and Co. Mustache comb, est. at $500-750 makes $189K!\" width=\"161\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-comb.jpg 385w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-comb-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-comb-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiffany and Co. Mustache comb, est. at $500-750 makes $189K!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over the span of just one week, more than 30,000 items from Freddie Mercury&#8217;s personal collection found new homes. The overwhelming success of this auction is a testament to the enduring fascination with Freddie Mercury and the indelible mark he left on the world of music and performance.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear that Freddie Mercury&#8217;s legacy continues to captivate hearts and wallets, proving that the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_(band)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen<\/a> frontman&#8217;s influence knows no bounds and will continue to Rock On.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to briefly update you on the sale that ROCKED the auction world! The six-series auction of Freddie Mercury&#8217;s personal items managed to defy all expectations by generating an astonishing \u00a339.9 million ($50.4 million). This astronomical figure vastly surpassed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[567,134,20,842,659,836],"class_list":["post-48406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-auction-record","tag-auction-records","tag-auction-results","tag-freddie-mercury","tag-queen","tag-rock-and-roll"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Freddie Mercury Rocked The Auction World - Rehs Galleries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Freddie Mercury&#039;s personal items rocked the auction world with a six-series auction event this month in London\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Freddie Mercury Rocked The Auction World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Freddie Mercury&#039;s personal items rocked the auction world with a six-series auction event this month in London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-15T20:08:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-25T14:57:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/freddie-mercury-comb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amy Rehs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amy Rehs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amy Rehs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e9be54a41856350ea54e2acf2fd6f8ec\"},\"headline\":\"Freddie Mercury Rocked The Auction World\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-15T20:08:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-25T14:57:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/freddie-mercury-comb.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"auction record\",\"Auction Records\",\"Auction Results\",\"Freddie Mercury\",\"Queen\",\"rock and roll\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Rehs Contemporary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/freddie-mercury-rocked-the-auction-world\\\/\",\"name\":\"Freddie Mercury Rocked The Auction World - 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