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Olivia de Havilland estate to be auctioned
The estate of Hollywood diva Olivia de Havilland, who died in 2020, will be auctioned. photo
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The estate of Hollywood diva Olivia de Havilland, who died in 2020, is to be auctioned off this month. Among the pieces at the online auction are mementos and gifts from colleagues and friends such as Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, Stanley Kramer and Errol Flynn, Bonhams auction house in Los Angeles said. In October, furniture, paintings and other art objects from de Havilland’s possession are to go under the hammer in Paris at another auction.
The estate of Hollywood diva Olivia de Havilland, who died in 2020, is to be auctioned off this month. Among the pieces at the online auction are mementos and gifts from colleagues and friends such as Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, Stanley Kramer and Errol Flynn, Bonhams auction house in Los Angeles said. In October, furniture, paintings and other art objects from de Havilland’s possession are to go under the hammer in Paris at another auction.
Bonhams pointed to some special pieces, including a valuable Art Deco wristwatch, a photograph signed by Bette Davis with a letter to de Havilland, and jewelry given to her by actor James Stewart.
The Oscar winner died in July 2020 at her home in Paris at the age of 104. She was best known for her role as Melanie Hamilton in the southern epic Gone with the Wind (1939). In 1946 she won her first Oscar for the leading role in To Each His Own. Three years later she won Best Actress in William Wyler’s The Heiress.
Her mother was very sentimental and kept the many gifts from colleagues, explained de Havilland’s daughter, Gisèle Galante Chulack. She would definitely be happy if her “cherished possessions” go to fans all over the world.