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Freddie Mercury’s handwritten lyrics sell for £277,000
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Handwritten lyrics for the Queen singer’s 1985 solo album *Mr. Bad Guy* fetched £277,000 at auction, Nieuws.nl reports.
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The lyrics were part of the Reinhold Mack Collection, an archive of handwritten lyrics and other music memorabilia. Mercury’s pages fetched the highest price on the auction’s first day, Sky News reported, as cited by Nieuws.nl. [1]
A signed Takamine FP460SC acoustic guitar played by Noel Gallagher sold for £226,800. Gallagher used the instrument during an Oasis MTV Unplugged performance in 1996, Nieuws.nl reported. [1]
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Other reported sales included a Michael Jackson jacket for £226,800 and a pair of John Lennon’s tinted glasses for £126,000. [1]
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