🪷 #FreddieMercury 's replica #Lansdowne #Antinous / #Dionysus bust sold at Sotheby's on 8 Sept 2023, for $41,250, far above the $1,500 estimate. The 60 cm (2 ft) bronze bust (Paris, pre-1930) was among art and furnishings from Freddie's home. Full report: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/09/fred... 🪷

🪷 Happy #WorldBeardDay ... Día Mundial de la Barba ... Dia Barba do Mundo. First Saturday in September. #BeardDay image courtesy #CássioCotrimII, who suggests #Antinoos probably didn't want a beard at first but then it grew on him. #Lansdowne #Antinoo / #Dionysus Fitzwilliam Museum. 🪷