Editing Freddie Mercury (section)

=== Auction ===
From 4 August to 5 September 2023, an exhibition titled, Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own, saw almost 1,500 items of Mercury's, which he had given to his former partner Mary Austin, displayed at [[Sotheby's]] in [[New Bond Street]], London before being sold across six auctions. Nearly 140,000 fans visited the exhibition, which Sotheby's had called "the life and work of Britain's greatest rock showman of the 20th century".<ref name="Sothebys"/>

A [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] baby grand piano used by Mercury to compose many of the band's hits, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", sold for £1.7&nbsp;million, while his handwritten lyrics for the song went for £1.38&nbsp;million.<ref name="auction">{{Cite news |date=6 September 2023 |title=Freddie Mercury: Queen star's piano and other items fetch high prices at auction |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66729573 |access-date=7 September 2023 |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906234436/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66729573 |url-status=live }}</ref> The door of his [[Garden Lodge, Kensington|Garden Lodge]] home in west London, covered in graffiti left by fans, went for £412,750.<ref name="auction"/> The crown and cloak designed by Diana Moseley for the 1986 Magic tour (his final concerts) sold for £635,000.<ref name="Sothebys"/> A pair of black striped [[Adidas]] high-top shoes (his principal stage footwear from 1984 onward) sold for £127,000.<ref name="Sothebys"/> The final evening sale at Sotheby's on 6 September took in £12.2&nbsp;million ($15.4&nbsp;million), while the six sales in total reached £39.9&nbsp;million ($50.4&nbsp;million), smashing Sotheby's pre-auction estimates.<ref name="Sothebys">{{cite news |title=Freddie Mercury: A Full Set of 'White Glove' Sales Close on the Highest Note |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/freddie-mercurys-opening-night-makes-history |access-date=21 September 2023 |agency=Sothebys}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Freddie Mercury Auction Smashes Estimates, Netting $50.4 Million |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-13/freddie-mercury-sotheby-s-london-auction-nets-over-50-million |access-date=28 October 2023 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref>