Two years ago Mary Austin, friend and ex of Freddie Mercury, put up on Sotheby's clothes, accessories and various memorabilia of the Queen singer, including a manuscript of Bohemian Rhapsody from which it is clear that the song was originally named after Mongolian Rhapsody. About 50 million euros have been racked, data partly in charity.
“I wanted to close this chapter of my life,” said Austin, to whom Mercury left a substantial part of the assets, including a share of the rights of the Queen songs sold last year for the estimated figure of a billion pounds.
It is now learned through the Sun than among the most active buyers of the auction Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own There is Kashmira Bulsara, sister of the singer, 73 years old. Without officially appearing, he would have spent three and a half million euros at auction in an attempt to bring those goods back to the family without letting Austin know.
“He made her angry and intrist by seeing so many objects of his brother auctioned,” reports an anonymous source close to the woman, who had his son Jamal Zook helped and sent his auction of his personal assistant. “He spent for every piece much more than expected, but it was unpleasant to her that objects so loved did not end up in the hands of his loved ones.”
Among the objects purchased by Bulsara, the vest worn by Mercury on the set of the video of These are the days of our lives (over 160 thousand euros), the original text of Queen killer (327 thousand euros), a jacket made for the 39th birthday of the singer (535 thousand euros), a Jukebox Wurlitzer (475 thousand euros).
