Genuine 1973 Freddie Mercury Letter?

It's currently for sale on ebay.

http://homepage.mac.com/recordmecca/GarageSaleImages/GarageSale_1213635265_6872.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320264255439&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=011

Genuine

Ok. In that case can somebody give me the money to buy it?

Extremely rare indeed, and legitimate at that!

WTF 10 000 for a letter ???

Ah crickey, Pieter. You beat me to it! So ignore the General Discussion :P

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]auction says: [/QUOTENAME]Mercury writes just as Queen has broken big in America, to the man who made it possible, expressing his sincerest thanks.[/QUOTE]

So this means Queen had some kind of a following in the US before they toured with Mott The Hoople there in 1974...? I thought the tour is what created that, since the first two albums didn't sell well.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]pittrek wrote: [/QUOTENAME]WTF 10 000 for a letter ??? [/QUOTE]

Yeah, I'll just save the scan to my hard drive, thanks.

If I can get 10,000 people to give me a $1 I can get this. Come on people. Cough up. It's what Freddie would have wanted!

Here are direct links to Jac Holzman's letter describing the Freddie letter:

http://homepage.mac.com/recordmecca/GarageSaleImages/GarageSale_1213635265_6871.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/recordmecca/GarageSaleImages/GarageSale_1213635265_6870.jpg

Sounds like Brian tried to propose to him in 2006 at the RnR Hall of Fame ceremony.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME]If I can get 10,000 people to give me a $1 I can get this. Come on people. Cough up. It's what Freddie would have wanted![/QUOTE]

Freddie told me in a dream that he wanted me to have it! :-P

Screw me. I guess this is real.

But the price, the time it took to list it (3 months), just in time for the new album, there are lots of things that I would question... but the first would have to be my sanity for even considering paying THAT!!

A bit odd that the top of the sheet has been photoshopped out....

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME]If I can get 10,000 people to give me a $1 I can get this. Come on people. Cough up. It's what Freddie would have wanted![/QUOTE]

I assume you'll cover the shipping costs by yourself, then? Or will you be needing $24 more from 24 more people? :D

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Penetration_Guru wrote: [/QUOTENAME]A bit odd that the top of the sheet has been photoshopped out....[/QUOTE]

I don't think it's photoshopped out. I think the paper is shaped like that.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]beautifulsoup wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME]If I can get 10,000 people to give me a $1 I can get this. Come on people. Cough up. It's what Freddie would have wanted![/QUOTE]

I assume you'll cover the shipping costs by yourself, then? Or will you be needing $24 more from 24 more people? :D[/QUOTE]

Good point. I will need the additional $24 for shipping. Glad you brought it up. ;-)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]beautifulsoup wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME]If I can get 10,000 people to give me a $1 I can get this. Come on people. Cough up. It's what Freddie would have wanted![/QUOTE]

I assume you'll cover the shipping costs by yourself, then? Or will you be needing $24 more from 24 more people? :D[/QUOTE]

Good point. I will need the additional $24 for shipping. Glad you brought it up. ;-)[/QUOTE]

Then you'll need to tear it up into 1024 pieces and mail each person his or her share.