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Doris Day’s awards, animal artifacts haul in US$3m at auction


Flowers are pictured by the star of late actor Doris Day on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 13, 2019. — Reuters pic
Flowers are pictured by the star of late actor Doris Day on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 13, 2019. — Reuters pic

LOS ANGELES, April 6 — An auction of late actress Doris Day’s four Golden Globe awards and other items from her life generated more than US$3 million over the weekend, far outpacing original estimates, Julien’s Auctions said on Sunday.

Top-selling items in the live online auction included a classic 1930 Ford convertible that was seen in the opening of Day’s 1980s talk show Doris Day’s Best Friends. The car sold for US$96,000. A Golden Globe award she received in 1962 went for US$25,600.

All proceeds from the sale of more than 1,100 items will benefit the Doris Day Animal Foundation that the singer and actress founded in 1978. Julien’s Auctions had estimated the sale would bring in between US$300,000 and US$600,000.

Day, the cheery, girl next door who was one of the biggest stars of the 1950s and 1960s, died in May 2019 at the age of 97 in the Carmel, California, home she had made her refuge from Hollywood.

The auction featured Day’s piano, gowns, furniture and dozens of artifacts reflecting her passion for animals including numerous ceramic dogs, birds, decorative pigs and pictures of giraffes and other critters that adorned her rustic home.

A planter decorated with brass elephants that was a gift from friend and actor Rock Hudson sold for US$15,625, as did a 14-karat gold poodle charm bracelet.

Other highlights included a Cartier brooch with 27 round diamonds that Day was photographed wearing in the late 1970s. It sold for US$40,625, well above the estimate of US$800 to US$1,200. Her director’s chair from the television show The Doris Day Show fetched US$16,000.

The auction had been scheduled to take place in Beverly Hills, but it was moved to a live-streamed format due to the global coronavirus outbreak. — Reuters



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