Brigitte Bardot’s belongings sold in Paris for nearly €1 million — Asharq Al-Awsat
At an auction in Paris, France, personal belongings of French actress Brigitte Bardot sold for nearly €1 million — about 20 times more than the previous estimate of €50,000. This was reported by Asharq Al-Awsat, citing the Millon auction house and AFP.
285 lots and thousands of participants
A total of 285 items were offered for sale, including straw hats, sunglasses, nightgowns, tableware and furniture from Bardot’s La Madrague and La Garrigue homes in Saint-Tropez, as well as from her Paris apartment. About 3,000 participants from France and other countries registered for the auction.
A pair of dog collars with a tag bearing Bardot’s name and the phone number of La Madrague sold for €9,400, compared with a pre-sale estimate of €30. A self-portrait of the actress went under the hammer for nearly €40,000, while the typewriter on which she wrote her autobiography sold for €4,634.
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Two guitars estimated at €300–500 sold for €8,600 and €11,900 respectively. Three soft toys shaped like seal pups sold for nearly €2,200.
Proceeds and dispute over the sale
The proceeds from the sale are to go to the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Protection of Animals and Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, the actress’s only child. The foundation, established by Bardot in 1986, says it has sheltered 13,000 animals through four shelters and 150 partner institutions, supports 350 groups in France and operates in 70 countries.
The foundation’s managing director, Ghyslaine Calmels, said the sale continues the work Bardot began in 1987, when she organized an auction of valuable belongings to establish the foundation. At the same time, the actress’s last husband, Bernard d’Ormale, criticized the auction, calling it disrespectful to her memory. The foundation responded that its board approved the auction in June, when d’Ormale was the organization’s president; he, in turn, said he had not understood that such personal belongings would be put up for sale.
