Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own | At Home

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Freddie Mercury—personal library | Collection of books on fine and decorative arts, circa 104 volumes

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September 8, 06:42 PM GMT

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700 - 900 GBP

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Freddie Mercury—personal library


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:


Christopher Payne. Nineteenth-Century European Furniture, 1989, inscribed to Freddie by the author


The Collection of Erwin Untermyer, 1957


D.D.R., 1989, inscribed to Freddie from Barbara


Eessie Sakhai. The Story of Carpets, 1991, inscribed to Freddie from Roger


Helnweim, 1984, inscribed to Freddie by Jurgen Seidler


Baryshnikov at Work, 1977, inscribed to Freddie


Richard Young. Paparazzo, 1989, inscribed by the photographer


S.M. Schnessel. Icart, 1976, inscribed to Freddie, 1991


Hans Van Manen. Portrait, 1986, inscribed to Freddie from Wayne


P.S. Fry. Antiques, 1984, inscribed to Freddie from his parents


James Danziger. Beaton, 1980, inscribed to Freddie from Carrie


Heinrich Klotz. Die Neuen Wilden in Berlin, 1984, inscribed to Freddie 'Big Kiss Ferdinand'


Philippe Garner. Emile Galle, 1976, inscribed to Freddie from 'J'


Flowers: Visiones del Rock, inscribed to Freddie Mercury 


Diana Vreeland. Allure, 1980, inscribed 'For Melina'


W.R. Holland et al. Louis Icart: the Complete Etchings, 1990


Impressionist Paintings, 1986, inscribed to Freddie 


Oriental Ceramics: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1980, inscribed to 'my poor sick puppy' from Liza


Verner Haftmann. Marc Chagall, 1984, inscribed to Freddie from Phoebe


Erté Sculpture, 1986, inscribed to Freddie


Frank Kelly Freas. The Art of Science Fiction, 1977, inscribed by the artist 


Robert Deschamps. Salvador Dali, 1985, inscribed to Freddie

Christopher Payne worked for Sotheby's and was one of Freddie's closest contacts in the furniture world.