弗雷迪·默丘里用來創作《波希米亞狂想曲》(Bohemian Rhapsody)和皇后樂隊(Queen)其他名曲的珍貴鋼琴在9月6日的拍賣會上以超過200萬美元的價格成交,這位已故歌手收藏的大量華麗舞臺服裝、精美藝術品和原創歌詞也在拍賣會上打破了多項紀錄。
《波希米亞狂想曲》是該樂隊最經久不衰的熱門歌曲,這首歌的手寫歌詞以140萬英鎊(約合170萬美元)的高價成交。而樂隊經理在這首歌登上排行榜榜首后送給每位成員的寫有“Queen number 1”字樣的卡地亞(Cartier)金胸針,也以16.5萬英鎊(約合20.8萬美元)的高價成交。
蘇富比拍賣行(Sotheby's)稱,早在MTV出現之前,墨丘里就曾經在這首歌曲的視頻中佩戴過一只維多利亞風格的銀蛇手鐲,并搭配象牙色緞面貓咪裝,這只手鐲創下了搖滾巨星所擁有珠寶的最高拍賣價格紀錄。
這只手鐲以698,500英鎊(約合881,000美元)的價格成交,是估價的100倍。蘇富比拍賣行說,這件物品打破了約翰·列儂的皮革和珠子護身符在2008年以29.5萬英鎊(約合36.8萬美元)售價創下的紀錄。
這些不拘一格的收藏品是墨丘里在皇后樂隊的華麗搖滾樂掀起一陣熱潮后收集的,事業的成功讓這位歌手實現了他的夢想,過上了“被精致雜亂的物品包圍”的維多利亞式生活。
1991年,45歲的墨丘里死于與艾滋病有關的肺炎,他把自己的房子和財產留給了好友瑪麗·奧斯汀?,F在,奧斯汀要把1,400多件物品全部賣掉。
在四個半小時的拍賣過程里,僅有59件“雜亂無章”的物品以1,220萬英鎊(約合1,540萬美元)的價格成交,其中包括買方溢價。來自61個國家的競拍者通過現場、網絡或電話參與了競拍。
默丘里在《波西米亞狂想曲》中寫道:”來得容易,去得容易,你會讓我走嗎?”而富有的歌迷對這個問題的回答似乎是“不會”,他們競相出價,而且數額越來越大,以獲得這位已故歌手的一件衣服、獎品和手寫的《殺手皇后》(Killer Queen)和《我們是冠軍》(We Are the Champions)等經典歌曲的原稿。
換個角度來看,當晚的冠軍可能是蘇富比拍賣行或奧斯汀,也可能是她承諾向其捐出部分未公開收益的慈善機構。
贏家也有可能是那些購買了獨一無二紀念品的買家。一位男士以63.5萬英鎊(約合80.15萬美元)的價格拍得皇后樂隊在1986年最后一次巡演中,每場演出結束時墨丘里在舞臺上所戴的鑲有水鉆的皇冠和紅色仿皮草斗篷。這位男士在競拍成功后將雙手舉過頭頂,與坐在他旁邊的女士緊緊擁抱。
拍賣會以墨丘里家的花園涂鴉門開始,這扇門的競價很快就超過了拍賣前預計的25,000英鎊(約合31,250美元)的最高估價,并引發了一場持續近20分鐘的競拍大戰。
這扇綠色的門上貼滿了粉絲們手繪的情書,他們朝圣般地來到位于英國倫敦肯辛頓區的這座房子。最終這扇門以412,750英鎊(約合521,000美元)的高價成交。
墨丘里的朋友埃爾頓·約翰贈送給墨丘里的一枚卡地亞瑪瑙鉆石戒指以27.3萬英鎊(約合34.4萬美元)的價格售出,拍賣所得將全部捐給這位演唱歌曲《火箭人》(Rocket Man)的歌手的艾滋病慈善機構。
拍賣會上售出的藝術品包括巴勃羅·畢加索(190,500英鎊;約合24萬美元)、薩爾瓦多·達利(48,260英鎊;約合60,900美元)和馬克·夏加爾(63,500英鎊;約合80,000美元)的版畫、古董家具和許多貓咪公仔。
在過去的一個月中,那些付不起如此高價的墨丘里粉絲——或者那些只是想看看他的阿迪達斯(Adidas)高幫鞋、鉆石胸針或亮片夾克的人——可以在蘇富比的畫廊里免費欣賞這些拍品。來自世界各地的超過14萬名參觀者在這家高端拍賣行外排隊參觀。
《弗雷迪·墨丘里的世界》(Freddie Mercury: A World of his Own)的宣傳造勢,推動了這場在上個月開始的在線拍賣競價。
哪怕是一些普通買家似乎能夠承受的在線拍賣品,其價格也超過了售前估價。
9月6日,一批曾經被估價為40英鎊至60英鎊(約合50美元至75美元)的筷子目前的出價為1,200英鎊(約合1,500美元)。
蒂芙尼公司(Tiffany & Co)出品的一把銀質小胡子梳子是其中一件比較奇特的物品,原本預計會讓買家付出400英鎊至600英鎊(約合500美元至750美元)的代價,但目前的出價為35,000英鎊(約合43,750美元)。
墨丘里曾經用來譜寫的皇后樂隊幾首名曲的雅馬哈(Yamaha)嬰兒三角鋼琴,是為數不多的成交價低于估價的拍賣品之一,但它的成交價仍然是最高的。
這架鋼琴的預期售價高達300萬英鎊(約合375萬美元),但最終以170萬英鎊(約合220萬美元)成交。蘇富比拍賣行稱,這是有史以來作曲家鋼琴的最高成交價,但他們沒有提供此前紀錄的相關信息。
其他被歌迷珍藏的物品還有墨丘里的《Somebody to Love》歌詞草稿(241,000英鎊;約合304,000美元),以及《Don't Stop Me Now》和《我們是冠軍》的歌詞草稿,它們的最終價格相同:317,500英鎊;約合400,700美元。
這些草稿展示的是歌曲誕生之初的情景,其中《波西米亞狂想曲》被記錄在已經停業的英國英倫航空公司(British Midland Airways)的信紙上。這首歌最初的名字是《蒙古狂想曲》(Mongolian Rhapsody),后來被劃掉了。
歌曲結尾寫道:“對我來說,沒有什么是真正重要的?!边@句話顯然不適用于墨丘里的無數財產。(財富中文網)
譯者:珠珠
弗雷迪·默丘里用來創作《波希米亞狂想曲》(Bohemian Rhapsody)和皇后樂隊(Queen)其他名曲的珍貴鋼琴在9月6日的拍賣會上以超過200萬美元的價格成交,這位已故歌手收藏的大量華麗舞臺服裝、精美藝術品和原創歌詞也在拍賣會上打破了多項紀錄。
《波希米亞狂想曲》是該樂隊最經久不衰的熱門歌曲,這首歌的手寫歌詞以140萬英鎊(約合170萬美元)的高價成交。而樂隊經理在這首歌登上排行榜榜首后送給每位成員的寫有“Queen number 1”字樣的卡地亞(Cartier)金胸針,也以16.5萬英鎊(約合20.8萬美元)的高價成交。
蘇富比拍賣行(Sotheby's)稱,早在MTV出現之前,墨丘里就曾經在這首歌曲的視頻中佩戴過一只維多利亞風格的銀蛇手鐲,并搭配象牙色緞面貓咪裝,這只手鐲創下了搖滾巨星所擁有珠寶的最高拍賣價格紀錄。
這只手鐲以698,500英鎊(約合881,000美元)的價格成交,是估價的100倍。蘇富比拍賣行說,這件物品打破了約翰·列儂的皮革和珠子護身符在2008年以29.5萬英鎊(約合36.8萬美元)售價創下的紀錄。
這些不拘一格的收藏品是墨丘里在皇后樂隊的華麗搖滾樂掀起一陣熱潮后收集的,事業的成功讓這位歌手實現了他的夢想,過上了“被精致雜亂的物品包圍”的維多利亞式生活。
1991年,45歲的墨丘里死于與艾滋病有關的肺炎,他把自己的房子和財產留給了好友瑪麗·奧斯汀。現在,奧斯汀要把1,400多件物品全部賣掉。
在四個半小時的拍賣過程里,僅有59件“雜亂無章”的物品以1,220萬英鎊(約合1,540萬美元)的價格成交,其中包括買方溢價。來自61個國家的競拍者通過現場、網絡或電話參與了競拍。
默丘里在《波西米亞狂想曲》中寫道:”來得容易,去得容易,你會讓我走嗎?”而富有的歌迷對這個問題的回答似乎是“不會”,他們競相出價,而且數額越來越大,以獲得這位已故歌手的一件衣服、獎品和手寫的《殺手皇后》(Killer Queen)和《我們是冠軍》(We Are the Champions)等經典歌曲的原稿。
換個角度來看,當晚的冠軍可能是蘇富比拍賣行或奧斯汀,也可能是她承諾向其捐出部分未公開收益的慈善機構。
贏家也有可能是那些購買了獨一無二紀念品的買家。一位男士以63.5萬英鎊(約合80.15萬美元)的價格拍得皇后樂隊在1986年最后一次巡演中,每場演出結束時墨丘里在舞臺上所戴的鑲有水鉆的皇冠和紅色仿皮草斗篷。這位男士在競拍成功后將雙手舉過頭頂,與坐在他旁邊的女士緊緊擁抱。
拍賣會以墨丘里家的花園涂鴉門開始,這扇門的競價很快就超過了拍賣前預計的25,000英鎊(約合31,250美元)的最高估價,并引發了一場持續近20分鐘的競拍大戰。
這扇綠色的門上貼滿了粉絲們手繪的情書,他們朝圣般地來到位于英國倫敦肯辛頓區的這座房子。最終這扇門以412,750英鎊(約合521,000美元)的高價成交。
墨丘里的朋友埃爾頓·約翰贈送給墨丘里的一枚卡地亞瑪瑙鉆石戒指以27.3萬英鎊(約合34.4萬美元)的價格售出,拍賣所得將全部捐給這位演唱歌曲《火箭人》(Rocket Man)的歌手的艾滋病慈善機構。
拍賣會上售出的藝術品包括巴勃羅·畢加索(190,500英鎊;約合24萬美元)、薩爾瓦多·達利(48,260英鎊;約合60,900美元)和馬克·夏加爾(63,500英鎊;約合80,000美元)的版畫、古董家具和許多貓咪公仔。
在過去的一個月中,那些付不起如此高價的墨丘里粉絲——或者那些只是想看看他的阿迪達斯(Adidas)高幫鞋、鉆石胸針或亮片夾克的人——可以在蘇富比的畫廊里免費欣賞這些拍品。來自世界各地的超過14萬名參觀者在這家高端拍賣行外排隊參觀。
《弗雷迪·墨丘里的世界》(Freddie Mercury: A World of his Own)的宣傳造勢,推動了這場在上個月開始的在線拍賣競價。
哪怕是一些普通買家似乎能夠承受的在線拍賣品,其價格也超過了售前估價。
9月6日,一批曾經被估價為40英鎊至60英鎊(約合50美元至75美元)的筷子目前的出價為1,200英鎊(約合1,500美元)。
蒂芙尼公司(Tiffany & Co)出品的一把銀質小胡子梳子是其中一件比較奇特的物品,原本預計會讓買家付出400英鎊至600英鎊(約合500美元至750美元)的代價,但目前的出價為35,000英鎊(約合43,750美元)。
墨丘里曾經用來譜寫的皇后樂隊幾首名曲的雅馬哈(Yamaha)嬰兒三角鋼琴,是為數不多的成交價低于估價的拍賣品之一,但它的成交價仍然是最高的。
這架鋼琴的預期售價高達300萬英鎊(約合375萬美元),但最終以170萬英鎊(約合220萬美元)成交。蘇富比拍賣行稱,這是有史以來作曲家鋼琴的最高成交價,但他們沒有提供此前紀錄的相關信息。
其他被歌迷珍藏的物品還有墨丘里的《Somebody to Love》歌詞草稿(241,000英鎊;約合304,000美元),以及《Don't Stop Me Now》和《我們是冠軍》的歌詞草稿,它們的最終價格相同:317,500英鎊;約合400,700美元。
這些草稿展示的是歌曲誕生之初的情景,其中《波西米亞狂想曲》被記錄在已經停業的英國英倫航空公司(British Midland Airways)的信紙上。這首歌最初的名字是《蒙古狂想曲》(Mongolian Rhapsody),后來被劃掉了。
歌曲結尾寫道:“對我來說,沒有什么是真正重要的。”這句話顯然不適用于墨丘里的無數財產。(財富中文網)
譯者:珠珠
Freddie Mercury ’s prized piano that he used to compose “Bohemian Rhapsody” and other hits by Queen sold for more than $2 million on September 6 as some of the late singer’s massive collection of flamboyant stage costumes, fine art and original lyrics were auctioned in a sale that broke records.
Items connected to the operatic “Rhapsody,” the band’s most enduring hit, brought a premium with hand-written lyrics to the song selling for about 1.4 million pounds ($1.7 million) and a gold Cartier brooch saying “Queen number 1” given to each band member by their manager after the song topped the charts, selling for 165,000 pounds ($208,000).
A Victorian-style silver snake bangle Mercury wore with an ivory satin catsuit in a video for the song — long before the days of MTV — set a record for the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of jewelry owned by a rock star, Sotheby’s said.
The bracelet went for 698,500 pounds ($881,000) — 100 times its estimated low price. The item broke a record set when John Lennon’s leather and bead talisman sold for 295,000 pounds g($368,000) in 2008, Sotheby’s said.
The eclectic collection of objects were amassed by Mercury after Queen’s glam-rock produced an avalanche of hits that allowed the singer to achieve his dream of living a Victorian life “surrounded by exquisite clutter.”
Mercury’s close friend, Mary Austin, to whom he left his house and his possessions when he died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1991 at 45, is selling it all — more than 1,400 items.
A mere 59 items of that “clutter” sold for 12.2 million pounds ($15.4 million), including a buyer’s premium, that blew away estimates in the four-and-a-half hour auction. Bidders from 61 countries took part in person, online and by phone.
Mercury wrote, “Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?” in “Rhapsody,” and the answer to the question from well-heeled fans seemed to be “No,” as they bid fortunes — large and larger — to grab a piece of the late singer’s clothing, awards and original hand-written drafts to classics such as “Killer Queen” and “We Are the Champions.”
Depending how you looked at it, the champions of the night may have been Sotheby’s or Austin or a few charities she’s promised to donate an undisclosed portion of the proceeds to.
Or it could have been the buyers of one-of-a-kind memorabilia who won. One man raised his hands over his head in victory and hugged the woman seated next to him after bidding 635,000 pounds ($801,500) for the rhinestone-studded crown and red fake fur cloak Mercury wore on stage at the end of every show during Queen’s last tour in 1986.
The auction opened with the sale of the graffiti-tagged door to the garden of Mercury’s home that quickly blew past the high estimate of 25,000 pounds ($31,250) projected before the sale and led to a bidding war that lasted nearly 20 minutes.
The green door covered in hand-painted love notes from fans who made a pilgrimage to the house in the tony Kensington section of London sold for an eye-popping 412,750 pounds ($521,000).
All of the proceeds of the sale of a Cartier onyx and diamond ring given to Mercury by his friend, Elton John, that sold for 273,000 pounds ($344,000) were to go to the “Rocket Man” singer’s AIDS charity.
Art sold at the auction included prints by Pablo Picasso (190,500 pounds; $240,000), Salvador Dalí (48,260 pounds; $60,900); and Marc Chagall (63,500; $80,000), antique furniture and numerous cat figurines.
For the past month, fans of Mercury who couldn’t afford those kind of prices — or just wanted to see his high-top Adidas, diamond brooches, or a sequined jacket — could view them for free in Sotheby’s galleries. More than 140,000 visitors from around the world queued up outside the elegant auction house to take a tour.
Publicity from “Freddie Mercury: A World of his Own” drove up bidding for online auctions that began last month.
Even items being sold online that had seemed like they might be in reach for some average buyers eclipsed pre-sale estimates.
A collection of chopsticks once estimated to fetch 40-60 British pounds ($50-75) had a current bid 1,200 pounds ($1,500) on September 6.
One of the quirkier items, a silver moustache comb from Tiffany & Co, that had been expected to set a buyer back 400 to 600 pounds ($500—750) had a bid at 35,000 pounds ($43,750).
The Yamaha baby grand piano that Mercury wrote some of Queen’s greatest hits on was one of the few items that sold for less than its estimated price tag, though it still sold for the most amount of money.
It had been expected to sell for as much as 3 million pounds ($3.75 million) but sold for 1.7 million pounds ($2.2 million). Sotheby’s said it was the highest price ever paid for a composer’s piano, but they didn’t provide information on the previous record.
Other items that were treasured by fans were Mercury’s draft lyrics to “Somebody to Love” (241,000 pounds; $304,000), and “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “We Are the Champions,” which both fetched the same final prices: 317,500 pounds; $400,700.
The drafts showed songs at their inception, with “Bohemian Rhapsody” scratched on stationery from the defunct British Midland Airways. The song was originally named “Mongolian Rhapsody” before that was crossed out.
The song ends with the words: “Nothing really matters to me,” a line that certainly didn’t apply to Mercury’s myriad possessions.