Thousands of items belonging to the charismatic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, from manuscripts of his band's biggest hits to furniture, paintings and knick-knacks are on auction in London from Wednesday. The collection, which has remained largely untouched since the death of the Queen singer in 1991, includes his grand piano, stage costumes and the original draft of the hit 'Bohemian Rhapsody', estimated at around one million pounds. "He would have loved all this," says Gabriel Heaton, director at Sotheby's, as the Queen singer was known to be a great collector and auction-goer. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES