Oprah
Winfrey to auction contents from Chicago apartment
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[March 18, 2015] By
Patricia Reaney
NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Actress and media magnate Oprah Winfrey is selling
antique furniture, paintings, prints, ceramics and
memorabilia from her Chicago apartment next month to
benefit her education foundation, the auction house
running the sale said on Tuesday.
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The 571 lots in the Chicago sale on April 25 are mostly from
her downtown condominium. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers said
proceeds from the auction will go to The Oprah Winfrey
Leadership Academy Foundation, which supports her education
academy for girls in South Africa.
"She is an excellent collector, very well educated," Hindman
said about Oprah. "She has lots of different interests and over
the years she has collected all sorts of different things."
The top lot in the sale is expected to a painting by American
Impressionist artist Richard Miller called "Nude in Red Robe,"
which has a pre-sale estimate of $80,000 to $120,000. Various
other paintings are expected to sell in the $20,000 to $40,000
range.
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Estimates for the total one-day sale and the complete catalog
were not immediately available. In addition to the in-house
auction, potential buyers can also place bids online.
Lots from the sale, which will also include china, porcelain,
fixtures, clothing and accessories, will be exhibited ahead of
the auction from April 16 to 24.
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Winfrey, 61, is one of the richest and most powerful celebrities in
the United States. Forbes magazine estimates her net worth at $3
billion.
Earlier this month the former talk show host and philanthropist
announced she would be closing Harpo Studios, where she filmed "The
Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago.
She said she will be carrying on the legacy of the studios with
programing for her cable television network (OWN), which was created
in a joint venture with Discovery Communications Inc., from
California
Winfrey, who was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar in
1986 for "The Color Purple," appeared in the 2014 Martin Luther King
biopic "Selma," and in the civil rights drama "Lee Daniels' The
Butler" in 2013.
(Editing by Alan Crosby)
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