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Audrey Hepburn's personal collection to be auctioned at Christie's

market-auction · 2026-05-05

Christie's will auction Audrey Hepburn's personal collection in September 2017. The collection includes her wardrobe, film scripts (including Breakfast at Tiffany's), private photographs, and official portraits from 1953-1958. It will be exhibited from September 19 to October 3 at Christie's flagship on King Street. The family decided to sell the archive. The article also notes a previous auction of Truman Capote's ashes, held by Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles.

Key facts

  • Christie's will auction Audrey Hepburn's personal collection in September 2017.
  • The collection includes wardrobe, film scripts, private photographs, and official portraits.
  • The script for Breakfast at Tiffany's is included.
  • The collection will be exhibited from September 19 to October 3 at Christie's flagship on King Street.
  • The family decided to sell the archive.
  • Truman Capote's ashes were auctioned by Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles in August 2016.
  • Capote's ashes were kept in a carved Japanese wooden box from Joanne Carson's collection.
  • Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels in 1929 and died in Tolochenaz in 1993.

Entities

Artists

  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Truman Capote

Institutions

  • Christie's
  • Julien's Auctions

Locations

  • Brussels
  • Belgium
  • Tolochenaz
  • Switzerland
  • New York
  • United States
  • King Street
  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Los Angeles

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