|
The three-day "Love, Liza" auction in Los
Angeles, coming from the vast personal collection of the actress
and singer, raised more than $1.2 million, with some items
selling for more than triple their pre-sale estimates.
The more than 1,700 lots included items belonging to Minnelli's
parents - actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente
Minnelli - and hundreds of the singer's hats, scarves and
Halston designer outfits from the 1970s.
Garland's blond Dorothy wig from "The Wizard of Oz," which was
later replaced by simply brown braids, went for $17,500 - 16
times the original estimate. Vincente Minnelli's photo
collection spanning his film career fetched $11,875.
Profiles in History declined to release information on the
buyers.
Memorabilia from "Cabaret," which brought Minnelli an Oscar for
her performance as Berlin nightclub singer Sally Bowles and sent
her career rocketing, attracted some of the fiercest bidding.
Her shooting script for the musical was estimated to fetch just
$2,000 ahead of the sale, while her iconic boots and bowler hat
costume had an estimate of $6,000.
Minnelli, 72, said earlier this year that she wanted to downsize
her life and sell off the collection she had amassed over
decades and kept in more than six locations.
"I woke up one day and thought, 'Honey, you ain't gonna wait
till you've bought the farm and leave your life on someone
else's doorstep.' So it was time to go there, and I have, and it
feels good," she is quoted as saying in the auction catalog.
Some of the proceeds of the sale will benefit the Great American
Songbook Foundation which aims to preserve America's musical
legacy.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Diane Craft)
[© 2017 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2017 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Thompson Reuters is solely responsible for this content.
 |
|
