Queen album cover artwork to go under hammer but second binned in error

Auctioneer Luke Hobbs with David Costa’s original artwork for the 1976 Queen album A Day At The Races (Gardiner Houlgate/PA)

A plan to sell original artwork created for a pair of classic Queen albums was thwarted when one was accidentally thrown in the bin.

Art director and designer David Costa decided to auction the original artworks for Queen’s 1975 vinyl album A Night At The Opera and 1976’s A Day At The Races.