Thursday, November 17, 2022

It Happened Here on Warren Street

Yesterday, Stair Galleries held an auction called An American Icon: Property from the Collection of Joan Didion. About a half hour into the auction, word spread on Facebook that a rather spectacular pair of faux tortoiseshell sunglasses had sold for $27,000. 


The auction was the subject of reports on NPR before and after the auction occurred: "Writer Joan Didon's possessions sell for eye-popping prices at auction." All together, the auction netted nearly $2 million. The prices fetched for all the items in the auction can be found here

Proceeds from the sale will go to Parkinson's research and care at Columbia University and Columbia/Presbyterian Hospital (Didion suffered from Parkinson's disease) and to the Sacramento Historical Society for the benefit of a scholarship fund for women writers at Sacramento City College (Didion attended SCC for a brief time in the 1950s).

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  1. the New Yorker also did a story on her possessions and the auction.
    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/joan-didions-priceless-sunglasses?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_111622&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_term=tny_daily_digest&bxid=5be9867052ba1e7bc304013c&cndid=55413268&hasha=f4f8bc4373a8e04d2d71da45cc2aa6ef&hashb=93ab4319674076f65ffee96f9efed85a2419e6b1&hashc=8f80585959cf2cd219abfa0759625cdab6a297d428e1b0187a43677848d088e1&esrc=bounceX&mbid=CRMNYR062419
    Hilary

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