A whole bunch of things from the property of late trend icon André Leon Talley, together with work, private images and a few of his signature capes, have bought at public sale for a mixed $3.55 million.
A trove of the veteran editor’s possessions went underneath the hammer at Christie’s in New York on Wednesday, fetching nearly $1.4 million, earlier than an additional 350 heaps had been bought on-line by the public sale home.
An exhibition of things, together with a few of Talley’s signature capes and kaftans, went on present forward of the sale. Credit score: Courtesy Christie’s Photos
The gadgets within the assortment additionally spoke to his deep community of relationships with a few of the trend world’s largest names. Over a dozen sketches and photographs by the late Karl Lagerfed, in addition to a signed watercolor portrait that Gianni Versace as soon as product of Talley. The latter merchandise bought for $37,500.
Talley was identified not just for his love of trend, however for his curiosity in artwork and tradition. Two totally different Andy Warhol artworks (together with a Louis Vuitton baggage set) shared the title of the public sale’s prime vendor, every fetching $94,500. Additionally among the many big-ticket gadgets was a Bradley Theodore portrait of former Vogue editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland that bought for simply over $40,000. A number of different photographs of Vreeland appeared within the sale, as did an Annie Leibovitz picture of Vogue’s prime gun Anna Wintour.
A brick pink “Sleeping Bag” clutch coat by Norma Kamali fetched $25,200. Credit score: Courtesy Christie’s Photos
Elsewhere, a veritable miscellany of things went on sale to patrons from 47 international locations, together with journey clocks, amethyst geodes and a Vera Wang-designed silver cutlery set.
A portrait of former Vogue editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland, by artist Bradley Theodore, bought for simply over $40,000. Credit score: Courtesy Christie’s Photos
The public sale home mentioned that proceeds from the sale will go towards two church buildings that “had been near Mr. Talley’s coronary heart”: the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York and the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina.
In a press assertion, Christie’s head of personal collections, Elizabeth Seigel, mentioned the sale confirmed Talley’s “rarefied standing throughout the trend world and past.” The gathering was, she added, “a testomony to his impeccable style.”
