{"id":187785,"date":"2026-04-06T23:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187785\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:34:39","slug":"freddie-mercurys-gold-microphone-headlined-in-upcoming-auction-of-queen-memorabilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187785\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Mercury\u2019s Gold Microphone Headlined in Upcoming Auction of Queen Memorabilia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Hince is parting with a piece of Queen history after deciding to auction a gold microphone once given to him by Freddie Mercury. The item is among several keepsakes from Hince\u2019s years with the band, where he worked first as a roadie and later as head of the road crew through Queen\u2019s final concert with Mercury in August 1986.<\/p>\n<p>The auction listing places the microphone at an estimated value of $39,600 to $79,200. It is described as a gold finished Shure 565 SD microphone that Mercury later used during a 1982 television appearance. Hince said the gift came after the singer received the award and handed it over with a joke, thanking him for looking after the band\u2019s microphones and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Other items in the sale include a stage used tambourine and a backstage dressing gown. Hince said he is still keeping his most personal mementos, including awards, gold discs, tour itineraries, backstage passes, and a Christmas card that will remain with his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter Hince is parting with a piece of Queen history after deciding to auction a gold microphone once&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[267,9,24,12,63,122,124,123,36716,36717],"class_list":{"0":"post-187785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-local-news","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-queens","14":"tag-queens-headlines","15":"tag-queens-news","16":"tag-vermilion-county","17":"tag-vermilion-county-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}