A baby grand piano once owned by Freddie Mercury has sold at auction for almost €2m along with the original manuscript for Bohemian Rhapsody
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00:00 The baby grand piano Queen frontman Freddie Mercury used to compose almost all of his
00:06 greatest songs including Bohemian Rhapsody have been snapped up at auction in London.
00:12 The piano went for almost 2 million euros and the manuscript for 1.5 million euros.
00:18 A record 2,000 bidders from 61 countries registered to take part in the sale of thousands of Mercury
00:24 memorabilia items.
00:25 Some of the money will go to the Mercury Phoenix Trust and the Elton John AIDS Foundation,
00:30 both aimed at fighting AIDS.
00:32 Thank you very much indeed.
00:33 (whooshing)