Day, the cheery, girl-next-door who was one of
the biggest stars of the 1950s and 1960s, died in May at the age
of 97 in the Carmel, California, home she had made her refuge
from Hollywood.
The auction in April 2020 will also include dozens of pieces of
her furniture, art work and tableware, and numerous ceramic
dogs, birds, decorative pigs and pictures of giraffes and other
critters that adorned her rustic home, Julien's said.
The classic 1930 Ford convertible that was seen in the opening
of her 1980s talk show "Doris Day's Best Friends" is expected to
fetch between $10,000 and $20,000, while a planter decorated
with brass elephants that was a gift from friend and actor Rock
Hudson has an estimated sale price of up to $2,000.
"Anything from Doris Day's home will be sought after in the
auction, firstly because they're so amazing and secondly because
all of the proceeds will benefit her animal foundation.
Everybody knows how she loved her animals and that was so
important to Doris during her lifetime," said Martin Nolan,
executive director of Julien's Auctions.
Day's four Golden Globe awards are expected to sell for
$4,000-$6,000 each while a white outfit she wore when accepting
her lifetime Golden Globe award in 1989 carries an estimate of
up to $3,000.
Day's 1978 passport, her driving license and a painting by
singer Tony Bennett are also among the items that will hit the
auction block.
All the proceeds from the auction will benefit the Doris Day
Animal Foundation that the singer and actress founded in 1978.
The auction will take place in Beverly Hills on April 4-5, 2020,
and will be preceded by exhibitions in Ireland and on board the
Cunard liner Queen Victoria during a March 2020 voyage from
Florida to England.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)
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