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Someone paid $189,000 to buy Freddie Mercury's Tiffany and Co. mustache comb

  • Over 30,000 items owned by Freddie Mercury were sold at auction for $50.4 million, per Bloomberg.
  • Someone paid $189,000 to own a mini Tiffany and Co. comb that the Queen frontman used to brush his mustache.

Over 30,000 personal items owned by late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury were sold at auction for a combined $50.4 million, per Bloomberg.

These items were owned by his former fiancée Mary Austin, 72, to whom he bequeathed his possessions in his will, per the Independent.

The six auctions were held over a period of one week and had themes ranging from stage items to Mercury's Japanese art collection, per Sotheby's.

Here are five of the most iconic items that were sold at the auctions.

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