Frenzied Freddie Mercury Auction Totals $15.4 Million

Freddie Mercury brought down the house one last time on Wednesday night at Sotheby’s in London, when items from the late Queen frontman’s estate blew past their high estimate of £7.2 million ($9 million) to total £12.2 million. A high-energy, in-person audience regularly burst into applause and cheers. Many attendees dressed up in Mercury-related outfits. One man, after purchasing Mercury’s famous crown and cape for £635,000, jumped up with two fists clenched in the air in triumph. Source: