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