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The rarest vinyl and objects from the globe’s finest collections: this month, Adam Clayon’s basses, Moby Grape stick it to the man and AC/DC make drum skin art.
Will you do the fandango?: Queen’s Freddie Mercury with the Bohemian Rhapsody Gold Disc (left) and (above) signed on the back.
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Freddie Mercury’s Bohemian Rhapsody Gold Disc
Value: TBC
Courtesy of Omega Auctions of Newton-Le-Willows this December 2, the Music Memorabilia and Vinyl Showcase Sale offers a broad variety of covetable music collectibles. Delivering value for money is Freddie Mercury’s personal copy of the BPI sales award for Bohemian Rhapsody: it’s signed on the reverse by more than 40 names associated with Queen, including all his bandmates, and is expected to go for between £80,000 to £120,000. Other reasons to tune in include a Granny Takes A Trip stage suit owned by Keith Emerson (estimated value £1-2,000), a letter from Taylor Swift to
One Direction’s Liam Payne (£5-£10,000) and rare photos with copyright from Stockholm gigs by Pink Floyd 1967 (£5-7,000), Led Zeppelin (£2-3,000) and Queen (£3-5,000). There’s also a haul of tapes, documents and more relating to Blackpool folk prog cults Complex (£3-5,000). Get to omegaauctions.co.uk for full illumination.