8.8.09

JULIEN'S AUCTIONS TO SELL COLLECTION OF BARBRA STREISAND


JULIEN'S AUCTIONS, BEVERLY HILLS, WILL BE OFFERING PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN ACTRESS BARBRA STREISAND, INCLUDING ITEMS FROM HER NEW YORK APARTMENT, CAROLWOOD HOME IN BEVERLY HILLS AND HER MALIBU RANCH HOUSE, IN A LIVE AND ONLINE AUCTION AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HILTON ON 17-18.OCTOBER. ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE AUCTION WILL BENEFIT THE STREISAND FOUNDATION, FOUNDED MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO TO AID HUMANITARIAN CAUSES WORLDWIDE. EXHIBITIONS WILL BE CREATED BY WRJ DESIGN ASSOCIATES WHO HAVE DESIGNED EXHIBITIONS FOR THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE HEPBURN, THE ESTATE OF JOHNNY CASH, THE COLLECTION OF CHER AND RECENTLY THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL JACKSON.
JULIEN'S WILL AUCTION MORE THAN 400 LOTS FROM BARBRA STREISAND'S PERSONAL COLLECTION INCLUDING PAINTINGS, FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE WORKS OF ART, MEMORABILIA AND STUNNING STAGE-WORN COSTUMES FROM TELEVISION, LIVE CONCERTS AND SPECIAL PERSONAL APPEARANCES. AMONG THE OTHER OFFERINGS IS A SELECTION OF AMERICAN FURNISHINGS, ART DECO FIXTURES, ORIENTAL RUGS, NATIVE AMERICAN BASKETS AND STREISAND'S PERSONAL YAMAHA BABY GRAND PIANO.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AUCTION INCLUDE MEMORABLE ITEMS FROM THE ARTS AND CRAFTS PERIOD INCLUDING A HAMMERED COPPER DIRK VAN ERP TABLE LAMP, TWO HARVEY ELLIS DESIGNED INLAID ROCKERS AND AN L&JG STICKLEY CHINA CABINET. OTHER FINE ART SELECTIONS INCLUDE A PAINTING BY KEES VAN DONGEN, A GROUP OF EDWARD CURTIS PHOTOGRAPHS, AND A NUMBER OF AMERICAN SCHOOL FLORAL AND GENRE SCENES. A PREVIEW OF THE COLLECTION WILL TRAVEL TO ENGLAND ABOARD CUNARD LINE'S OPULENT QUEEN MARY 2 DURING HER 23.AUGUST TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING. THE HIGHLIGHTS WILL THEN BE EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF STYLE ICONS IN NEWBRIDGE, COUNTRY KILDARE, IRELAND, 1-13.SEPTEMBER. FROM IRELAND, THE HIGHLIGHTS WILL TRAVEL TO BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, WHERE A FULL PUBLIC EXHIBITION WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 10-16.OCTOBER PRIOR TO THE TWO DAY AUCTION.
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