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He looked like the front man for a Queen cover band.
Turns out he was.
I have a horrible feeling Im out of my league, he said.
Now Im just here for the experience.
Unfortunately, my dream of a movie-script moment never materialized.
There werent two men with paddles loudly fighting back and forth over an item.
No one stood up and triumphantly said, $1 MILLION!, showing everyone theyreallymean business.
The battle for the green door lasted about 20 minutes, and the lot eventually sold for $514.823.
A number of these items went to a woman in the front row wearing a straw hat.
He then added that he only attended the auction to buy the ring for his teenage daughter.
I asked her what she would do with the ring.
Ill let my father take care of it.
or the piano he used to write Bohemian Rhapsody.
The jukebox went for $512,984 and the piano $2,198,927.
I love auctions, he said.
Im terrible with money.
Then there was Freddies iconic crown and royal cape, which went for $801,560.
We knew where his things were going and what they will be used for.
Most of the other lots, though we had no clue.
Will the brooches and bowls and gorgeous boxes be packed up and shipped off to Freddies old lovers?
A pharmaceutical billionaire who watchedBohemian Rhapsodyso many times she forgot Freddie was gay?
I owned it for a nanosecond, she said, and thats enough.
