billy
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Post by billy on Jul 10, 2024 2:08:17 GMT
Maybe they had to assign a value to some things, or quantify the actual assets, during the negotiations with Sony? With all the lawyers and accountants involved I can’t begin to imagine how detailed everything had to be.
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pg
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Post by pg on Jul 23, 2024 6:39:06 GMT
Maybe discussions with Sony were the reason Mary decided to sell up.
Or maybe it was the reason QPL weren't buying it all up - a moratorium on spend while Sony were deciding a price.
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Post by mrscully on Aug 19, 2024 15:46:21 GMT
Queen never wanted to buy anything (only Brian wanted some bits for his personal archive), they were just mad at Mary because they thought everything "belonged" to them (in some cases such as the stage costumes they were probably right, in most cases they weren't).
The more I know or hear about the auction background the more I'm confused why QP let Mary sell the costumes that almost certainly belonged to them - and Beach undoubtedly kept all the receipts and invoices. Queen must have had a reason why they gave up and just kept complaining on social networks without doing anything against Mary. Maybe it was just a PR move because they couldn't gain much (getting back 20 costumes to put back into their warehouse?) but they had more to lose (their public image)...
The weirdest thing is that Mary did not sell just items from the Garden Lodge. A majority of those lots were allegedly stored in the Queen warehouse and Mary asked to get them back for the sale... (Not a fact, just an assumption based on several indirect proofs). And Queen HAD TO return them and they were NOT happy about it. So many questions and mysteries...
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leroybrown
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Post by leroybrown on Aug 27, 2024 3:34:16 GMT
For fans in Australia...
The SBS channel is showing the 'Freddie Mercury Auction Special' docco. It's 41 minutes long and well worth checking out.
I'm guessing everyone in the UK has probably already seen this. But for me in Australia this was something new.
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senzo
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Post by senzo on Sept 20, 2024 12:38:37 GMT
Not "online", there will be a proper FM exhibition/museum with lots of Sothebys items. Everything will be announced when the right time comes. (That is why we have been searching for as many buyers of Sothebys items as possible - and also for collectors owning Freddie's personal memorabilia). I bought one of his 1974 SHA tour stage outfits at the Sotheby’s Auction! |
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JackG
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Post by JackG on Sept 20, 2024 13:41:09 GMT
Not "online", there will be a proper FM exhibition/museum with lots of Sothebys items. Everything will be announced when the right time comes. (That is why we have been searching for as many buyers of Sothebys items as possible - and also for collectors owning Freddie's personal memorabilia). I bought one of his 1974 SHA tour stage outfits at the Sotheby’s Auction! Really? If so, congrats! Any pictures? |
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Ri
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Post by Ri on Oct 2, 2024 5:56:16 GMT
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scallyuk
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Post by scallyuk on Oct 8, 2024 9:49:20 GMT
Yes, I bought the early setlists (plus some Freddie's clothing and shoes). Now That I'm Here is indeed Feelings Feelings. Please Don't Tease is a Cliff Richard cover. Morning Sun and Reason we have absolutely no idea (and they're not on the existing live tapes from that era that are in Queen archives). (Morning Sun could be Morning Dew as every band was playing that at that time but I somehow doubt that). the early live tapes.I don't think anyone has mentioned that when Neil Murray was interviewed back in 2022 he said "The Another World sessions were more relaxed than Back to the Light and closer to being a band situation. We tried out many covers, such as His Latest Flame by Elvis and Morning Sun by Taste, but neither were done to anybody’s satisfaction. However, the album still featured too many covers and without a hit single, it didn’t really have a strong identity." N |
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