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Post by akirafish on Oct 8, 2023 11:33:00 GMT
My friend went to see the exhibition and took photos of the bookshelves and records on site. She made a list of books and records against the photos (cross-referenced with the lists at Sotheby's website, which were incomplete). Now I'd like to post this relatively complete list of Freddie’s books and records for reference.
His personal record collection, circa 275 records
mainly 12 inch, some 7 inch, some shrink-wrapped, some loose lacking sleeves
Titles include:
1. Motown, Chart Busters
2. Brian May, Back To The Light
3. Go West, We Close Our Eyes
4. Anita Dobson, Talking Of Love
5. Philip Bailey And Phil Collins, He's An Easy Lover
6. Laurence Olivier, The Theme From Time The Musical
7. David Bowie, Fashions
8. Castro, Son Of My Father
9. Tina Turner, Private Dancer
10. Kate Bush, Hands Of Love
11. Aretha Franklin And George Michael, I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
12. Led Zeppelin, Prime Cuts
13. Bee Gees, One
14. Princess, Say I'm Your No.1
15. John Lennon, Shaved Fish
16. Suburbia, Surburbia
17. Spandau Ballet, How Many Lies?
18. Dionne Warwick, Friends
19. Metropolis, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
20. Yazz, The Only Way Is Up
21. The Mixmaster, Grand Piano
22. Bucks Fizz, New Beginning
23. Robert Palmer, Addicted To Love
24. Pet Shop Boys, Always On My Mind
25. Hughey Lewis And The News, The Power Of Love
26. Robert Palmer, I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
27. Seventh Avenue, Love's Gone Mad
28. Prince, If I Was Your Girlfriend
29. Bros, Drop The Boy
30. Patti La Belle, Winner in you
31. Bros, When Will I Be Famous
32. [Christmas], The Stars Sing At Christmas
33. Sheena Easton, One O One
34. Mike And The Mechanics, Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
35. Stevie Wonder, Hotter Than July
36. AHa, Take On Me
37. David Bowie, Extended Dance Mix Loving The Alien
38. Now That's What I Call Music 4
39. Tears For Fears, Everybody Wants To Rule The World
40. Mahalia Jackson, Gospel
41. Frankie Goes To Hollywood, How To Remake The World
42. Phil Collins, Take Me Home
43. Aretha Franklin, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
44. Madonna, Gambler
45. Bonnie Pointer (Red)
46. Emerson Lake And Palmer, Trilogy
47. Rosie Vela, Magic Smile
48. Tina Turner, Typical Male
49. Donna Summer, Love Is In Control
50. Natalie Cole, Dangerous
51. Pointer Sisters, Automatic
52. Emerson Lake And Palmer,Tarkus
53. Emerson Lake And Palmer，Emerson Lake And Palmer
54. Paisley Park, She's Always In My Hair
55. Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer
56. Dream Girls, Original Broadway Cast Album
57. Taffy, I love my radio·American mix
58. Maria Vidal, Body Rock
59. The Pretenders, Don’t Get Me Wrong
60. Neil Young, Harvest Moon
61. Neil Young , After The Gold Rush
62. Eurythmics, When Tomorrow Comes
63. Eric Clapton, Behind The Mask
64. Paul Simon, You Can Call Me Al
65. Echo And The Bunnymen, Bring On The Dancing Horses
66. Cutting Crew, (I Just) Died In Your Arms
67. Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
68. U2, Two Hearts Beat As One
69. Simply Red, Holding Back The Years
70. The Cars, Drive
71. Eric Clapton, The Best Of Eric Clapton
72. Paula Abdul, Straight Up
73. Whitney Houston, Saving All My Love For You
74. Chaka Khan, I'm Every Woman
75. Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody
76. Berlin, Take My Breath Away
77. Rufus And Chaka Khan, Ain't Nobody
78. Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel
79. Tina Turner, Two People
80. Ashford And Simpson, Solid
81. Cliff Richard, Rock And Roll Juvenile
82. Falco, Rock Me Amadeus
83. Tina Turner, Help
84. Fame, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
85. Aretha Franklin, Who's Zoomin' Who
86. Eurythmics, There Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart
87. Jennifer Warns, First We Take Manhattan
88. Whitney Houston, How Will I Know
89. The Hollies, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
90. Rock Well, Somebody's Watching Me
91. John Farnham, Whispering Jack
92. Flash Dance, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
93. Donna Summer, Live And More
94. Yazz, The Only Way Is Up
95. Bruce Roberts
96. Aretha Franklin, Freeway Of Love
97. Laura Branigan
98. E=Mc2
99. Pat Benatar, Best Shots
100. Irma Thomas, Breakaway
101. Barbara Streisand , The Broadway Album
102. George Michael, A Different Corner
103. Johnnie Mathis, Gone, Gone, Gone
104. Paula Abdul, (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me
105. Thirty Greatest Hits From The World's Greatest Operettas
106. Lennon, Shaved Fish
107. Roger Taylor, The Outsider Tour Live
108. Shakespear's Sister, You're History
109. Neneh Cherry, Buffalo Stance
110. Grand Piano, Piano Groove
111. Mr. Mister, Welcome To The Real World
112. New Kids On The Block, You Got It (The Right Stuff)
113. Michael Jackson, Leave Me Alone
114. [Brian May], Who Wants To Live Forever
115. Madonna, Like A Prayer
116. Beatles, Beatles For Sale
117. Eddie Howell, Grammaphone Record
118. Keith Jarrett, Music For String Orchestra And Saxophone
119. Liza Minelli, Liza With A Z
120. The Shadows, Greatest Hits
121. The Power Station, Some Like It Hot And The Heat Is On
122. Paul Simon, The Boy In The Bubble
123. Lisa Stansfield, All Around The World
124. George Michael, Faith
125. The Beatles, Abbey Road
126. The Beatles, Please Please Me
127. Timbuck, The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
128. Phil Collins, Another Day In Paradise
129. Pop Classics 1987
130. Sheena Easton, Days Like This
131. Kon Kan, I Beg Your Pardon
132. Living In A Box, Blow The House Down
133. Fifty Years Of Film Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of Warner Bros. Classics, 1923-1973
134. Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation
135. The Beatles, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
136. The Shadows, The Shadows
137. Eagles, On The Border
138. Double Trouble, Street Tuff
139. Groucho, On Radio!
140. The Beatles, A Collection Of Beatles Oldies
141. Donna Summer, Another Place In Time
142. The Beatles, At The Hollywood Bowl
143. Big Fun, Can't Shake The Feeling
144. Texas, I Don’t Want A Lover
145. The Beatles, Yellow Submarine
146. Madonna, Like A Prayer
147. Janis Joplin, Pearl
148. Kansas, Song For America
149. Colin Towns, Full Circle
150. Mr. Mister, Kyrie
151. Simple Minds, Don't You Forget About Me
152. Eurythmics, Beethoven
153. Prince And The Revolution, Girls And Boys
154. Wet Wet Wet, Angel Eyes
155. Saint Elmo's Fire, Man In Motion
156. Paul And Linda McCartney, Band On The Run
157. Paul McCartney, McCartney
158. Simply Red, The Right Thing
159. Billy Ocean, Suddenly
160. Etta James, At Last
161. The Bangles, Walk Like An Egyptian
162. Janet Jackson, What Have You Done For Me Lately
163. Loulou, Shout
164. Culture Club, God Thank You Woman
165. Madonna, Papa Don't Preach
166. Janet Jackson, Nasty
167. Prince And The Revolution, Parade
168. Grace Jones, Slave To The Rhythm
169. Tine Turner, One Of The Living
170. Carly Simon, Coming Around Again
171. Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place On Earth
172. Chaka Khan, I Feel For You
173. Europe, The Final Countdown
174. Bruce Springsteen, The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Suffle
175. Madonna, Into The Groove
176. Carly Simon, Hotcakes
177. Billy Squier, Enough Is Enough
178. Billy Joel, 52nd Street
179. Now That's What I Call Music 2
180. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II
181. Prince, Sign 'O' The Times
182. Peter Gabriel And Kate Bush, Don't Give Up
183. The House Martins, Think For A Minute
184. Curiosity Killed The Cat, Down To Earth
185. Elkie Brooks, No More The Fall
186. Tina Turner, We Don't Need Another Hero
187. Double, The Captain Of Her Heart
188. John Cougar, Mellencamp
189. Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls
190. Patti La Belle, Stir It Up
191. Michael McDonald, No Lookin' Back
192. Michael McDonald, If That's What It Takes
193. Patti La Belle, Oh, People
194. Randy Crawford, Desire
195. Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill
196. Phyllis Nelson, Move Closer
197. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III
198. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 4
199. The Moody Blues, In Search Of The Lost Chord
200. The Moody Blues, LFO, Knight - Days Of Future Passed
201. Cyndi Lauper, I Drove All Night
202. Bobby Brown, Don't Be Cruel
203. The Jacksons, Nothin (That Compares 2 U)
204. Holly Johnson, Americanos
205. Bobby Brown, Every Little Step
206. Stevie Wonder, Part-Time Lover
207. The Moody Blues, A Question Of Balance
208. Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl
209. Corelli* • Manfredini* • Torelli* • Locatelli*, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk – Christmas Concertos
210. Diana Ross, Chain Reaction
211. Now, Music2
212. Now, Music4
213. [Christmas], The Phil Spector Christmas Album
214. Bee Gees, You Win Again
215. Purcell, Dido And Aeneas
216. Hughey Lewis And The News, Simple As That
217. The Blow Monkeys, Digging Your Scene
218. Stevie Wonder, Overjoyed
219. Billy Idol , To Be A Lover
220. D Mob, It Is Time To Get Funky
221. [Christmas], Christmas With Nat King Cole
222. [Christmas], Now The Christmas Album
223. The Blow Monkeys, Choice?
224. Lnr, Work It To The Bone
225. The Beat Masters, With Merlin
226. Who's In The House, Cookie Crew Remix
227. Eurythmics, Shame
228. Pearl Williams, A Trip Around The World Is Not A Cruise
229. Erasure, Sometimes
230. Spandau Ballet, Through The Barricades
231. Jermaine Stewart, We Don't Have To
232. [Christmas], Phil Spector's Christmas Album
233. [Christmas], The Greatest Hits Of Christmas
234. Peter Straker, This One's On Me
235. Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!
236. Daryl Hall, Dreamtime
His books recognized in the exhibition:
1. McMinn & Hutchings, A Colour Atlas of Human Anatomy
2. Antoine Cheneviere, Russian Furniture (the golden age 1780-1810)
3. Eugene Grasset, Art Nouveau Floral Designs
4. Stephen Calloway, Art Deco Interior
5. The Art of Rene Lalique : Bayer, Patricia, Waller, Mark
6. Mercedes-Benz, The Dawn of Motoring
7. King Albert’s book
8. Royal London
9. Robert Stone, Garden Rooms
10. Michel Bridenne, Die Liebessaison
11. Michel Bridenne, More Spring Fever
12. The Wine Drinker‘s Handbook
13. Ray J. Hodgson & Peter M. Miller, Selfwatching
14. James Robertson, Any Fool Can Be a Countryman
15. Brian Leverett, Winemaking Month by Month
16. The Hunger Project, Ending Hunger- An idea whose time has come
17. Katie Stewart, Food for lovers
18. The Royal Ballet, The first 50 years
19. John Adair, The Royal Palaces of Britain
20. John Fisher, Burgess and Maclean: A new look at the Foreign Office spies
21. M.B.Synge, A Book of Discovery
22. Henri Troyat, Peter the Great
23. Touring Guide to England
24. John D. Macdonald, Travis McGee 3 complete novels
25. Stephen King, The Bachman Books
26. Stephen King, Cycle of the Werewolf
27. Stephen King, The Tommyknockers
28. Frank Herbert, Dune: Chapter House
29. James Herbert, Sepulchre
30. Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
31. Bipan Chandra, Mukherjee Sucheta Mahajan, Bipin Chandra, Aditya Mukherjee, Professor Mridula Mukherjee, K. N. Panikkar, India's Struggle For Independence
32. Tales of the City, Armistead Maupin
33. More Tales of the City, Armistead Maupin
34. Woody Allen, Side Effects
35. Harold Wilson, A Prime Minister on Prime Ministers
36. Tanner, The Mystica Magical Marvelous World of Dreams（Souvenir Press）
37. Freud on Sexuality
38. Robin Cook, Brain
39. H. J. Eysenck, Uses and Abuses of Psychology
40. “Ha Ha, Herman,” Charlie Brown, Charles Monroe Schulz
41. Croall & Kaianders, Nuclear Power for Beginners
42. Vernon Heaton, The Best Man’s Duties
43. Rugby Songs
44. Nanette Newman, Lots of Love
45. Nanette Newman, God Bless Love
46. Helen Fielding, Who’s Had Who
47. Bruce Feirstein, Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche
48. Peter York, Stylewars
49. The View from Christopher Street: Journalism from America’s leading gay magazine
50. John Rechy, Bodies and Souls
51. John Rechy, The Fourth Angel
52. Alvin Schwartz, Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat
53. George MacDonald Fraser, Royal Flash
54. George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman at the Charge
55. George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman in the Great Game
56. George MacDonald Fraser, Flash for Freedom!
57. Issac Asimov, Foundation and Empire
58. Issac Asimov, Second Foundation
59. Jody Scott, I, Vampire
60. Jean Hawkes, The London Journal of Flora Tristan
61. Ann Barr & Paul Levy, The Official Foodie Handbook
62. Frederik Pohl, The Coming of the Quantum Cats
63. Lord Dunsany, Over the Hills and Far Away
64. Robert Lynn Asprin, Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn
65. G.B.Trudeau, Check Your Egos at the Door
66. James Fox, White Mischief
67. Robert A. Heinlein, Waldo and Magic, Inc.
68. Robert A. Heinlein, Friday
69. Robert A. Heinlein, The Number of the Beast
70. Robert A. Heinlein, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
71. E.C.Tubb, Die Glücksmaschine
72. Nancy McPhee, The Book of Insults
73. Nancy McPhee, The Second Book of Insults
74. J. W. McDonald, Antique Furniture
75. Hunter Davies, Book of British Lists
76. Hubert Selby JR., Last Exit to Brooklyn
77. John Irving, The Water-Method Man
78. Graham Masterton, Family Portrait
79. Raymond E. Feist, The Riftwar Saga: Magician
80. John le Carré, Smiley’s People
81. John le Carré, The little Drummer Girl
82. Richard Buckle, U and NonU Revisited
83. Colin Cross, Sayings of the Seventies
84. Robert Graves, King Jesus
85. Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat
86. Amaury de Riencourt, The Soul of India
87. John Lahr, The Orton Diaries
88. William Davis, The Corporate Infighter’s Handbook
89. Roy Strong & Julia Trevelyan Oman, Elisabeth R
90. Nicholas Coleridge, The Fashion Conspiracy
91. Julian May, The Many-Coloured Land: Book One in the Saga of the Exiles
92. Joanna Lumley, Stare Back and Smile
93. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Last Tycoon
94. Noël Coward, The Complete Stories of Noël Coward
95. Kupperberg-Chaykin-Anderson-Chiaramonte, World of Krypton
96. Greg Bear, Eon
97. Janes Clavell, Shogun
98. John Howlett, The Christmas Spy
99. Joseph Heller, God Knows
100. F. Paul Wilson, The Touch
101. Favourite Spy Stories
102. Bats Ford, Fighter Pilot
103. Nicholas Danitoff, Two Lives, One Russia
104. Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon
105. Peter Gibson, The Concise Guide to Kings and Queens
106. Dillibe Onyeama, The Return: Homecoming of a Negro from Eton
107. Tom Sharpe, Wilt on High*2
108. Tom Sharpe, Ancestral Vices
109. Tom Sharpe, Vintage Stuff
110. Tom Sharpe, Riotous Assembly*2
111. Tom Sharpe, Indecent Exposure
112. Tom Sharpe, Blott on the Landscape
113. Tom Sharpe, The Great Pursuit
114. The Penguin, English Dictionary
115. The Penguin Dictionary of Historical Slang
116. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
117. The International Thesaurus of Quotations
118. The Penguin, Dictionary of Modern Quotations
119. Der Gimmick: Gesprochenes Deutsch von Adrienne
120. Deutsch Direkt!
121. Eric Partridge, Usage & Abusage
122. Henry Strutz, 501 German Verbs fully conjugated
123. Breakthrough German
124. Teach Yourself German
125. Teach Yourself German Grammar
126. Gordon A. Craig, The Germans
127. Berlitz, Munich
128. Hubmann-Uhlich, Colloquial German
129. Collins Pocket German-English Dictionary
130. Langenscheidt Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch
131. Translated by Richard Wilhelm, I Ching or the Book of Changes （《易经》）
132. Hugh Rawson, A Dictionary of Euphemisms & Other Doubletalk
133. Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr., In Search of Excellence
134. Nicholas von Hoffman, We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us Against
135. Strachey, Queen Victoria
136. Diana Warburton, Magiculture
137. Whitney Stine with Bette Davis, Bette Davis: Mother Goddam
138. Gil and Ann Chapman, The Sensual Sunset Strip
139. How to Have Sex in Public Without Being Noticed
140. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
141. The London Ritz Book of Christmas
142. Pelham Witherspoon, The Drink-Spotty Book
143. Blanche Knott, Truly Tastless Jokes
The following is his books collections listed by the Sotheby's with notes
Collection of books on fine and decorative arts, circa 104 volumes
Wide range of subjects including photography, watches, furniture, carpets, interiors, Chinese art, antiques, painting, catalogues, glassware, sculpture, ballet and dance
including:
1. Christopher Payne. Nineteenth-Century European Furniture, 1989, inscribed to Freddie by the author
2. The Collection of Erwin Untermyer, 1957
3. D.D.R., 1989, inscribed to Freddie from Barbara
4. Eessie Sakhai. The Story of Carpets, 1991, inscribed to Freddie from Roger
5. Helnweim, 1984, inscribed to Freddie by Jurgen Seidler
6. Baryshnikov at Work, 1977, inscribed to Freddie
7. Richard Young. Paparazzo, 1989, inscribed by the photographer
8. S.M. Schnessel. Icart, 1976, inscribed to Freddie, 1991
9. Hans Van Manen. Portrait, 1986, inscribed to Freddie from Wayne
10. P.S. Fry. Antiques, 1984, inscribed to Freddie from his parents
11. James Danziger. Beaton, 1980, inscribed to Freddie from Carrie
12. Heinrich Klotz. Die Neuen Wilden in Berlin, 1984, inscribed to Freddie 'Big Kiss Ferdinand'
13. Philippe Garner. Emile Galle, 1976, inscribed to Freddie from 'J'
14. Flowers: Visiones del Rock, inscribed to Freddie Mercury
15. Diana Vreeland. Allure, 1980, inscribed 'For Melina'
16. W.R. Holland et al. Louis Icart: the Complete Etchings, 1990
17. Impressionist Paintings, 1986, inscribed to Freddie
18. Oriental Ceramics: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1980, inscribed to 'my poor sick puppy' from Liza
19. Werner Haftmann. Marc Chagall, 1984, inscribed to Freddie from Phoebe
20. Erté Sculpture, 1986, inscribed to Freddie
21. Frank Kelly Freas. The Art of Science Fiction, 1977, inscribed by the artist
22. Robert Deschamps. Salvador Dali, 1985, inscribed to Freddie
23. Karneval in Venedig
24. The Country Life Antiques Handbook
25. Abrams, Dali
26. Abrams, Chagall
27. Nicolai, Helnwein
28. Victor Arwas, Art Deco
29. Victor Arwas, Glass: Art Nouveau to Art Deco
30. Alexander Bland, The Nureyev Image
31. Bland, A History of Ballet and Dance
32. Rothenberg, The Complete Book of Creative Glass Art
33. Caroline Fox, Dame Laura Knight
34. Jacques Callot, Callot’s Etchings
35. Klein & Bishop, Decorative Art 1880-1980
36. Ralph Lewis and Keith S. Gardner, Sir William Russell Flint
37. Orbis, Soft Furnishings
38. Monk, Canada With Love/ Canada Avec Amour
39. Kees von Dongen, Art Unlimited Books
40. Martin Harrison and Bill Waters, Burne-Jones
41. De Haan, Hans van Manen Portrait
42. The Guiness Book of Antiques
43. Rickards,Posters at the Turn of the Century
44. The Fine Art & Antiques Fair Olympia 3rd-12th June 1988
45. John Fitzmaurice Mills, How to Detect Fake Antiques
46. 武田仁·佛の世界
47. Art Nouveau Architecture (Academy)
48. Du Boulay, Chinese Porcelain
49. The Grammar of Chinese Ornament
50. Check Points on How to Buy Oriental Rugs
51. Chinese Erotism
52. The Chinese Pavilion
53. Leigh Ashton & Basil Gray, Chinese Art
54. Hats in Vogue
55. Japanese and Chinese Prints: The Walter Amstutz Collection
56. Ingo F. Walther, Rainer Metzger, Marc Chagall
57. C.V.Percy, The Glass of Lalique
58. Hans Nadelhoffer, Cartier Jewelers Extraordinary
59. Gilt-Edged Collection vol 1: The World of Interiors
60. Janine Bloch-Dermant, The Art of French Glass 1860-1914
61. Vienna 1900: Art-Architecture & Design·Kirk Varnedoe·The Museum of Modern Art·New York
62. The Best of Life
63. Philippe Garder, Galle
64. Kossodo Verlag, Jugendstil Keramik
65. Chelsea & Other English Porcelain: The Irwin Untermyer Collection
66. The Jewellery of Rene Lalique 1987
67. Schickel, Striking Poses
68. Gaudi (English Edition)
69. Master Photography
70. Christopher Payne, 19th Century European Furniture
71. Dausien, Porzellanmarken
72. 627. Lempertzische Kunsterversteigerung Dez. 1987, ostasiatische Kunst
73. M.Kovacek Wien, Glas aus vier jahrhunderten Glasgalerie
74. Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 1991, Chagall
75. Robert Koch, Louis C Tiffany: Rebel in Glass
76. Royal Academy of Art, The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868
77. Engel, Japanese Garden for Today
78. Takahashi, Harunobu（铃木春信）
79. Sutherland/Britton, National Parks of Japan
80. Koizumi, Traditional Japanese Furniture
81. Siegfried Wichmann, Japonisme
82. Mody, A Collection of Nagasaki Colour Prints and Paintings
83. Phaidon/Dutton, Japanese Prints
84. Heineken, Tansu
85. 未来への遗产 壮大な交流3 --シルクロ－ド（丝绸之路）·陶瓷の道·剣を持った場合
Hardback catalogues, Sotheby's, Christie's and others, 1976-1991
Comprising:
1. Art at Auction, The Year at Sotheby's, 15 volumes, 1976-1991
2. Christie's: Review of the Season, 1991
3. The Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 1988 and 1991 handbooks
Collection of 14 Sotheby's and Christie's catalogues, many with invoices and manuscript annotations, 1991
Including:
1. Sotheby's, Fine Victorian Pictures, 25 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 48, Tissot, Type of Beauty, 1880, for £178,800]
2. Sotheby's, Fine Jewels and Jewels for the Collector, 3 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 232, Diamond Feather Brooch, circa 1950, for £7,822.50, in manuscript 'Gift for Mary']
3. Sotheby's, Impressionist and Modern Art, 20 March 1991 [Purchased: Lot 56, Matisse, Tête de Femme, 1952, for £8,500]
4. Sotheby's, Neo-Classical and Empire Porcelain, 14 May 1991 [Purchased: Lots 17, 37, 49, 107, 110, 130, 132 and 133]
5. Sotheby's, Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Vertu, Russian Works of Art and Fabergé, Orders and Decorations, 16 May 1991 [Purchased: Lot 259, A Fabergé Jewelled Two-colour Gold and Hardstone Vesta Case, Moscow, late 19th century, for 26,000 SF and lot 276, A Fabergé Silver, Hardstone and Enamel Desk Time Piece, H. Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908, 80,000 SF]
6. Sotheby's, Belle Epoque Sculpture and Furniture, 27 September 1991 [Purchased: Lot 21, Barbetti, A Fine Marble Centre Table, circa 1870 and lot 67, Weigele, Diana, together for £101,692.50]
7. Christie's, Continental Ceramics, 30 September 1991 [Purchased: Lots 223 and 264 for £20,115]
8. Christie's, Modern British and Irish Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, 7 November 1991 [Purchased: Lot 42, Russell, Gabrielle, for £27,937.50]
9. Christie's, 19th Century European Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, 16 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 115, De Blaas, The Pink Rose, £28,600 plus frame for £1,788]
10. Christie's, 19th Century Continental Pictures and Watercolours, 4 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 93, Vastagh, Portrait of a Boy, 1895, and Lot 95, Von Blaas, A Mediterranean Beauty, together for £21,232.50]
11. Christie's, The Nineteenth Century, 25 September 1991 [Purchased: Lot 182, A Meissen Chinoiserie Group of Three Figures, 20th century, for £904.75]
12. Christie's, Old Master and Modern Prints, 22 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 238, Steinlen, L'Eté, Chat sur une Balustrade, 1909]
13. Bonhams, Lalique Glass, 24 October 1991 [Purchased: Lots 5, 7, 9, 14, 169 and 196 together for £101,69.25, in manuscript 'Present for Donald' by lot 169]
Freddie had a burst of buying activity in 1991, often purchasing gifts for his close friends including Mary Austin and Elton John, in the months leading up to his death on 24 November 1991.
Run of auction catalogues, mostly Sotheby's, with Christie's, Bonhams and others, 1970s-1991
Circa 185 catalogues, including:
1. Impressionist and Modern Art
2. English Furniture
3. European Ceramics and Glass
4. Victorian Paintings
5. European Furniture
Collection of 17 Japanese art catalogues, one with invoice, 1979-1991
Comprising:
1. 12 Sotheby's catalogues, 1986-1991, including Fine Japanese Works of Art, Netsuke, Prints, Paintings and Screens
2. 3 Christie's catalogues, 1987-1991, Japanese works of Art, including Monday 11 November 1991 [Purchased: Lot 313, A Lacquer Tebako, late 19th century, for £4,693.50]
3. Spink, The Arts of Japan, 6 April 1990, with invitation to an evening reception at Spink & Son on 22 March 1990 tipped in
4. Seibu catalogue
Books related to Japanese prints and art history
including:
1. Takahashi Sei’ichiro et al., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei [Compendium of modern Japanese prints], 3 vols., Tokyo, 1976, cloth covers
2. Muneshige Narazaki, The Japanese Print: Its Evolution and Essence, Tokyo, 1976
3. Tadashi Kobayashi, Utamaro: Great Jamanese Art
4. Richard Lane, Images from the Floating World, New York, 1978
5. Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Vever Collection, 3 vols., London, 1976
6. Genshoku Nihon no bijutsu [Primary Colours of Japanese Art]原色日本的美术, vols 1 – 5 (out of 30), 1967
7. Kokyo, Kyuden no kaiga [Paintings from the Imperial Palace]皇居宫殿的绘画, Tokyo, 1986, wood case and cloth clover
8. Kurita Hideo (ed.), Kurita Rangaku: Tasai na majutsushi, sono hito to sakuhin [Kurita Rangaku: The Multicoloured Mage, His Life and Works栗田美术馆], Ashikaga, Tochigi, 1986 with inscription from the editor Kurita Hideo
Books relating to Japanese art and culture, 49 volumes
including:
1. スーパーロボット マッハバロン 5 （Super Robot Mach Baron Episode 5）
2. C.H. Yamada (ed.). Decorative Arts of Japan, Tokyo, 1964, inscribed to Freddie by Joseph L.
3. T. Mikami. The Art of Japanese Ceramics, 1973, with a lengthy fan letter loosely inserted, 1976
4. R. Neuer et al. Ukiyo-e: 250 years of Japanese Art, 1978, inscribed to Freddie from J.
5. Fitzsimmons (transl.). Japanese Poetry Now, 1972, inscribed to Freddie
6. Hurtig. Masterpieces of Netsuke, 1975, in slip-case
7. Peter Chan. Bonsai, 1985, inscribed to Freddie
8. Wichmann. Japonisme, 1985, inscribed to Freddie from Phoebe, 1987
9. 松田权六作品集
10. 日本の名画：喜多川歌麿
11. 日本の名画： 歌川广重
12. 日本の名画：葛饰北斋
13. 日本の美术：水墨画
14. 日本の美术22：江户の浮世绘师
15. 栗田英男，栗田岚狱
16. 伊东深水全集
17. 伊万里·锅岛
18. 東洲斎 写楽 & 瀬木 慎一，平凡社ギャラリー 6 写楽
Collection of Japanese fan magazines and ephemera
including:
1. Queen lyric book, 1977, lyric book for first six albums in Japanese and English
2. Queen the Miracle, 1981, two copies
3. Music Life, 4 April 1981
4. Music Life, 7 July 1985
5. Queen Fan Club, Japan Division, pamphlet, lacking cover
6. Queen Best, songbook, Toshiba Music Publishing
7. Queen Best, songbook, Toshiba Music Publishing
8. Music Life, Photo Gallery
9. Fan art of Queen Tour, 27 October 1982
[with:]
A box of books, postcards, and other material relating to Japan
Music Life was a bestselling magazine in Japan which published photos, interviews and trivia about Western musicians. Queen the Miracle was a special issue of Music Life that followed Queen's 1981 Japan tour.
A collection of 29 books on cats
comprising:
1. A Book of Courtly Cats, 1986, inscribed to Freddie from Anita
2. Suares. The Illustrated Cat, 1976
3. Teach Yourself Cats
4. Eileen Hochberg. Catmopolitan, 1987
5. Nicola Bayley. Puss in Books, 1976, inscribed to Freddie, Thomasinia and Geraldine, with best wishes Nicola and !
6. R. Ash (ed.). Dear Cats, 1986, inscribed
7. Roger Tabor. The Wild Life of the Domestic Cat, 1985
8. M.W. Fox. Understanding Your Cat, 1979, inscribed to Freddie from Tony
9. Angela Sayer. World Encyclopedia of Cats, 1977, inscribed to Freddie from Robbie, Christmas 1982
10. Angela Sayer. Portrait of Cats, 1975, inscribed to Freddie from Megan, 1987
11. Michael Weigall. The Cat Empire, 1987, two copies
12. Angela Sayer. Kittens and Cats in Colour, 1975, inscribed to Freddie by four fans, 1978
13. Judith Kerr. Mog in the Dark, 1986, inscribed to Freddie by Hilary
14. J.P. O'Neill. Favourite Cats, 1988
15. Peter McHoy. All Colour World of Cats, 1987
16. David Taylor. The Ultimate Cat Book, 1989
17. Andy Warhol. Holy Cats and 25 Cats, 1988, together in slip-case
18. Peter Neville. Do Cats Need Shrinks? 1990, inscribed to Freddie by the author
19. Stella Whitelaw. Collected Cat Stories, 1988
20. B.S. Hazen. The Concise Encyclopedia of Cats, 1984, inscribed to Freddie, not forgetting Tom and Jerry, by Ann and Debbie Walcott
21. Grace Pond. The Observer's Book of Cats, 1971
22. Will Green. Cats, 1975, inscribed to Freddie as a birthday gift from his cats
23. The New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons, 1990
24. Martin Leman. Star Cats, 1980
25. Beryl Reid. The Cat's Whiskers, 1986
26. Russell Jones. Memoirs of an Animal Shrink, 1989, inscribed by Peter Neville
27. M. Wright and S. Walters (eds.). The Book of the Cat, 1980
28. A.L. Mumcaster and E. Yanow. The Cat Made Me Buy It, 1984
[with:]
18 photocopies of drawings of Freddie Mercury's cats, some with handwritten captions
A collection of 20 volumes on health and fitness
comprising:
1. Lined notebook with autograph manuscript exercise routine, 2 pages, remainder blank, 8vo
2. Sarah Barker. The Alexander Technique, 1981
3. Wilfred Barlow. The Alexander Technique, 1984
4. G.J. Binding. About Pollen, 1985
5. K and B Kunz. The Complete Guide to Foot Reflexology, 1986
6. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold's Body Building for Men, 1986
7. M. Lettvin. The Back Book, 1978
8. D. Mitchell. Official WTF Taekwondo, 1986
9. M. Volin and N. Phelan. Yoga for Backache, 1986
10. M. Wilhelmi Buchinger. Fasting, 1986
11. Todd Estabrook. Fully Fit in Sixty Minutes a Week, 1985
12. M. Sisson. Triathlon Training Book, 1983
13. A.W.S. Watson. Physical Fitness and Athletic Performance, 1983
14. Alan Stoddard. The Back, 1984
15. Know the Game: Badminton, 1971
16. James Hewitt. The Complete Yoga Book, 1983
17. Alan Howard. The Cambridge Diet, 1986
18. William Davis (ed.). The Punch Book of Health, 1976
19. Peter Hanson. The Joy of Stress, 1987
20. Charles Hix. Looking Good: A Guide for Men, 1977, inscribed to Freddie
Books on Hollywood
1. Sophia: Living and Loving – Her Own Story
2. Alexander Walker. Garbot, 1980
3. Anthony Summers, Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
4. Norman Mailer. Marilyn, 1973
5. Mason Wiley & Damien Bona, Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards
6. Rock Hudson. His Story, [1986]
7. Julia Phillips, You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again
8. Sands and Broman. The Divine Garbot, 1979
9. Guinness Film: Facts & Feats
10. Octopus Books, The Movie Stars Story
11. Strick, Great Movie Actresses
12. Julie Welch and Louise Brody, Leading Men
13. George Hurrell. 50 Years of Photographing Hollywood, 1976, inscribed to Freddie by the photographer
14. Pratt & Bridges, Scarlett Fever
15. Ann Lloyd (ed.). Movies of the Silent Years, 1984, inscribed to Freddie
16. Thomas and Solomon, The Films of 20th Century-Fox
17. Welch and Brody. Leading Men, 1985
18. Roy Pickard, The Hollywood Story
19. Jack Woody. Lost Hollywood, 1987
Collection of 21 Beatrix Potter books
[with:]
Margaret Lane. Beatrix Potter, 3 copies, one copy inscribed to Freddie by his sister Kashmira and her husband, 1974
including:
1. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, in Japanese, inscribed to Freddie
2. The Fierce Bad Rabbit, in Japanese, inscribed to Freddie from Kazuko
Collection of books
Historical biographies, language books, chiefly German, books on the hippie subculture, jokes and comedy, wine, India, erotica, kings and queens, biographies, including:
1. Tommy Ungerer. Fornicon, inscribed to Freddie from Gerion, 'to increase your imagination X'
2. Rebecca Ervin. A Girl's Guide to the English Public Schoolboy, 1983
3. Bryan Forbes, Notes for a Life, inscribed by the author to Freddie Mercury
4. Sloane's Inside Guide to Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, 1985
5. Teach Yourself Hindustani
6. David Evans, typescript entitled So You Always Wanted to Open a Restaurant, 1981
7. Blank album labelled 'Freddie' to spine
8. Anita Dobson. My East End, 1987, inscribed to Freddie and Jim by the author, Christmas 1987, two copies
9. Lee Everett Alkin. Kinds of Loving, 1987, inscribed to Freddie by the author and John, September 1987
10. Nicola Bailey. One Old Oxford Ox, 1987, inscribed by the author
11. Flash Gordon: Into the Water World of Mongo, 1974
12. The Queen's Jewels, 1987
13. The Queen's Silver Jubilee Songbook, 1977
Collection of novels, chiefly paperback, chiefly comedy, science fiction and fantasy, authors including Tom Sharpe, Armistead Maupin, John Le Carre, Robert A. Heinlein, Stephen King, Anne Rice, Joseph Heller, John MacDonald Fraser, 67 volumes, 1970s-80s
Books on fantasy and fairytales, 17 volumes
comprising:
1. Edmund Dulac. Picture-book for the French Red Cross
2. Edmund Dulac. Stories from the Arabian Nights
3. Arthur Rackham. Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods
4. Henry Gilbert. King Arthur's Knights, illustrated by Walter Crane
5. C.M. Barker. Flower Fairies of the Trees
6. C.M. Barker. A Flower Fairy Alphabet
7. C.M. Barker. Flower Fairies of the Autumn
8. Woodward and O'Connor. The Peter Pan Picture-book, 1930
9. Joseph Jacobs. Celtic Fairytales, 1971
10. Lord Dunsany. Gods, Men and Ghosts, 1972
11. Froud and Lee. Faeries, 1978
12. Fred Gettings. Arthur Rackham, 1975, inscribed to Freddie by his sister Kashmira and her husband for his birthday, 1975
13. Frank Frazetta. Fantastic Art, 1975
14. B.N. Byfield. The Book of the Weird, 1973
15. Welleran Poltarnees. All Mirrors are Magic Mirrors, 1972
16. P. Allderiege. The Late Richard Dadd, 1974
17. David Greysmith. Richard Dadd, 1973
"We don't go in for half measures and I'm very hard with myself. There're no compromises. If I thought a song wasn't quite right, I'd discard it. I'm very intricate and delicate. You can see that in my paintings. I love painters like Richard Dadd, Mucha and Dali, and I love Arthur Rackham." (Freddie Mercury, interview in Melody Maker, December 1974)
Books relating to music, 8 volumes
comprising:
1. Rick Taylor. The Alarm, 1986
2. Koh Hasebe. Rock Shots, 1984, inscribed to Freddie by the photographer
3. Bernie Taupin. The One Who Writes the Words to Elton John, 1976
4. Gershwin on Broadway, 1987
5. Montreux Jazz, 1976
6. Dave Marsh. Elvis, 1982
7. Priscilla Beaulie Presley. Elvis and Me, 1985
8. Jim Miller (ed.). The Rolling Stone, illustrated history of Rock and Roll, 1976
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