The hammer will soon fall on the auction of Freddie Mercury’s Rolls-Royce.
The sale by RM Sotheby’s will benefit the Superhumans of Ukraine charity, which is trying to build a new hospital in Lviv.
The auction house said Mercury didn’t have a full license, but he was chauffeured in the car for most of his career.
It was also the scene of rock ‘n’ roll history scene when Mercury signed a record label contract while sitting in the car.
Manager Jim Beach said, “Freddie insisted that we sign all of the contracts, all of us together, in the back of the Roller, because this was the first Rolls he’d ever owned.”
The Rolls-Royce still has some paperwork with it and several items bear Mercury’s name, but most of it has the name Mary Austin, his former partner who helped him with the car’s upkeep.
After Mercury’s death, the car was given to his sister — Kashmira Cooke — who bought it from the singer’s estate in 2003.
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