Freddie Auction and Sotheby's book discussion

What a great idea this is!

It would obviously be a big initial investment, but when you consider concert ticket prices, and the amount of people that shelled out something like an average of £120 per ticket, I don't think it would be unachievable to make a profit. Maybe it wouldn't be a long term venture though, because I guess once you've seen the exhibition, you've seen it and you wouldn't necessarily go back again. But I reckon it could run for two to three years.

That`s if you buy it at the auction estimate of £6m. How many items will exceed their estimate? If you get a bidding war you could be looking at a £10m+ initial outlay!

It's probably possible to allow some lots to slide by, and still have a credible "Museum of Mercury", it wouldn't require EVERY artwork...

How do they think a petition is going to stop the auction? People may have their own ideas as to what they would like to happen, but at the end of the day, the possessions were left to Mary, so it's legally her decision as to what she does with them.

Well, that's one way of identifying a set of blithering idiots!

I would hope nobody on this forum would consider signing that.

When you look at some of the replies on that petition, you would think that Freddie`s items were for public viewing only and only the public should decide on what to do with them.
They are not public items they are Mary Austin`s private items, and as such she can do whatever she wants with them. It`s like somebody telling me I cannot sell some of my late family heirlooms (I wish) if I feel the need to. Everybody has free choice (for now) on what they can or cannot do with family possessions.
A petition will not change anything here and people should let Mary get on with her life.
If I was in the same situation there will be a few choice words coming out of my mouth, most of them ending in off.....Rant over

why should she though? she's protected a dead man's legacy for 32 years, while just across town the Queen machine has done the opposite.

One thing worth noting to all those who demand that Mary put everything in a museum, Freddie addressed the subject of "hoarding" quite succinctly:

“If I want to be buried with all my treasures like Tutankhamun, I’ll do it. If I want a pyramid in Kensington and I can afford it, I’ll have it. Wouldn’t that be fab,”

He clearly didn't opt for the above, so (by default) he couldn't give a rat's ass what happens "his" stuff, and we should all respect his choice, and kudos to Mary for carrying that weight for 30+ years.

Ignored . No reply , no acknowledgment from her following the invitation but that’s her choice

I imagine she is astute financially and will have IHT in hand ; she likely has set up a trust of some kind . the resurgence of queen since the film will have seen her share of the royalties increase (I imagine ) so she is likely well off financially. She may have even given her boys some inheritance already to try and keep tax liabilities down .

I haven’t said anything about a museum. I actually feel it’s up to her what she does with it . However , I don’t feel the same as you towards Mary .

It’s clearly a heated topic since the news was announced and I feel there is no harm people discussing what they wish would happen . I’m sure she isn’t stupid and likely knew what a stir it would cause ;she herself said Freddie warned her what she could face taking on GL .

I don’t agree with the petition.

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I have spoken with one of the ladies involved with the Feltham memorial and it was her that told me they had extended an invitation to Mary .

I understand why people would like his stage customs somewhere to see . Time will tell what happens at the auction.

There has been a post in a group I am in ; a lady spoke with Mary’s neighbours and they said she is a recluse now . The neighbours get hassle from fans wanting to come into their homes for a better view of GL . Mary has to pay for all the items left to be taken away and she has even had death threats.

There are some crazy fanatics out there !!

It is bad enough to have a family fight over an inheritance. Imagine if your family was Freddie fans. LOL

An auction is probably the easiest option rather than trying to decide who gets which item.

Even if the items were given to a museum, she would still have to decide on a museum, and then deal with those that she turned away ... and then I imagine she would probably constantly hear about and deal with the internal politics and bickering at the museum about "Freddie's" stuff for years on end.

Yeah. And it's likely that the "fans" in question are newbies. The sick lot tossing threats are like the gallows whores during a notorious serial killer trial. People who jump into something and cling into and onto it as if it were their OWN identity.

Some obsessive psychotic type. You see it in every dead musician comment section. OMG HOW THE WORLD MISTREATED YOU MJ! I LOVE YOU FOREVER AND MISS YOU (*posted by someone 12 years old or 17 who never even was at a gig or HEARD about this person*)

I mean what does it take for someone to become so obsessed as to threaten the very person's #1 for whom they supposedly idolize?

Reminds me of the Old classic SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (SNL) skit about the MR BELVEDERE FAN CLUB with Tom Hanks.

Some people "God bless im" don't have much identity in the world and can become twisted in such matters as sports and celebrity like this

Addendum. I STILL think it's pretty shitty of her to be selling that cat vest.

That's pretty much it though.

Unless there's Original Freddie himself artwork.
I'd toss that to Kash.

Anything else he accrued, really is nobody else's business.