The legend’s handwritten manuscript for “Bohemian Rhapsody” also sold during Sotheby’s auction of his 1,500-item estate
before the singer crossed it out and replaced it with the similarly syllabic “Bohemian.”
Additional items tied to “Rhapsody” sold at a premium on Wednesday.
His collection of Japanese art also brought in high bidders, with one shelling out $368,718 for a Utagawa Hiroshige 1857 woodblock print, “Sudden Shower over the Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake.” Mercury, who was an avid art collector, also owned prints by Pablo Picasso , Salvador Dalí , and Marc Chagall .
The atmosphere on the auction’s first day was more celebratory than the average formal affair.
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