Last month I wrote about Sotheby’s auctioning off Freddie Mercury’s collection of cat books, including a notable title by actress Beryl Reid, with a starting bid was 500 pounds. I made this prediction:
I won’t be surprised if the final price is a lot higher.
But even I didn’t guess at just quite high that final price would be. The lot ultimately sold for a frankly ridiculous £8,255.
Adding insult to injury, the buyer had to buy a 26% buyer’s premium, taking the final total to £10,401.30.
A lot of that price would be due to the inclusion of “18 photocopies of drawings of Freddie Mercury’s cats, some with handwritten captions”.
Even so, that’s a ridiculous sum. I’ll stick to my Queen CD box set.
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