Doris Duke Belongings Up For Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Apr 23rd 2009 at 2:03PM

Beautiful and eccentric Doris Duke was once the world's richest woman and her belongings have beget many an auction since her death in 1993. The latest is a two-day auction of property from her estate being held by Millea Bros. Ltd. Auctions & Appraisals at the Morristown Armory in Morristown, N.J. The auction will include 846 lots of objects that Doris Duke collected and lived with, including pieces from her collections of European furniture and decorative objects, silver, fine art, carpets, Asian art, lighting, draperies, statuary and automobiles. The auction's lots are created in an arrangement based on the Main Residence at Duke Farms. The auction catalog groups items under categories from the Crystal Room to the Hollywood Wing. Prices range from the inexpensive like the silver corncob holders should go for under $30 to to a pair of French Bronze torchieres by Val d'Osne foundries which are estimated to go for up to $12,000. Proceeds will benefit the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation which issues grants to support the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and other causes.

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Barbara Burke May 14th 2009 8:49PM

This auction makes my heart sick. It is unfortunate the Duke estate in New Jersey has to be dismantled to become an enviormental center. I realize it was Miss Dukes wishes to have one, but why did they have to use the whole house. It is a piece of history for New Jersey. It would have been so wonderful if they could have kept the house tour open and kept the home the way it was. It works for Rough Point and Shangra La. I went to the garden tours all the time, but now they are changed. I will never step foot on the Duke property again. It's to bad people will never get a chance to see such beauty the way it was. Shame on You!