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Cher Auctions Off 700 Items For Charity
Playfuls.com, Romania
Aug 1, 2006
Top rated singer and actress Cher is to sell all the items in her
house, excepting five of them. They are mostly pieces of clothing,
jewelry, furniture and artwork. The auction is the start of a quite
radical redecoration to take place at her Malibu home.
The approximately 700 items will go on sale at Sotheby's and Julien's
auction houses, after being put on display until October 3rd, when
the actual auction will take place.
"My house is so full that there's no way to do something different
unless I totally change it," she said.
Among the items expected on sale are a Gothic revival brass bed,
made in about 1865, a 2003 H2 Hummer, outfits Cher wore on The Sonny
and Cher Comedy Hour in the 1970s, neo-Gothic art and furniture,
a 16th-century terra-cotta figurine of Jesus Christ and a Bob Mackie
gown that she wore to the Academy Awards.
"I'm truly excited about it, having had this stuff for so many years,"
she said.
"The amount of costumes I have is staggering, so this doesn't even
make a dent."
Among the 85 items of jewelry due on sale there will be pieces Cher
has herself made. There will be also around 200 items of clothing
on auction.
A "nice percentage" of the estimated $1 million revenues will go to
the Cher Charitable Foundation, which supports numerous causes.
Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere (born May 20, 1946), better known by her
stage name Cher, is an Armenian-American Academy Award-winning actress,
singer, songwriter, director and author. Through her achievements in
music, television and film, she has won an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy
and 3 Golden Globe Awards, among other trophies.
In 1988, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role
in the romantic comedy "Moonstruck." In 1999 she got a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cher frequently donated concert tickets' revenues to families and
non-profit groups for children and youth with facial deformities.
Playfuls.com, Romania
Aug 1, 2006
Top rated singer and actress Cher is to sell all the items in her
house, excepting five of them. They are mostly pieces of clothing,
jewelry, furniture and artwork. The auction is the start of a quite
radical redecoration to take place at her Malibu home.
The approximately 700 items will go on sale at Sotheby's and Julien's
auction houses, after being put on display until October 3rd, when
the actual auction will take place.
"My house is so full that there's no way to do something different
unless I totally change it," she said.
Among the items expected on sale are a Gothic revival brass bed,
made in about 1865, a 2003 H2 Hummer, outfits Cher wore on The Sonny
and Cher Comedy Hour in the 1970s, neo-Gothic art and furniture,
a 16th-century terra-cotta figurine of Jesus Christ and a Bob Mackie
gown that she wore to the Academy Awards.
"I'm truly excited about it, having had this stuff for so many years,"
she said.
"The amount of costumes I have is staggering, so this doesn't even
make a dent."
Among the 85 items of jewelry due on sale there will be pieces Cher
has herself made. There will be also around 200 items of clothing
on auction.
A "nice percentage" of the estimated $1 million revenues will go to
the Cher Charitable Foundation, which supports numerous causes.
Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere (born May 20, 1946), better known by her
stage name Cher, is an Armenian-American Academy Award-winning actress,
singer, songwriter, director and author. Through her achievements in
music, television and film, she has won an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy
and 3 Golden Globe Awards, among other trophies.
In 1988, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role
in the romantic comedy "Moonstruck." In 1999 she got a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cher frequently donated concert tickets' revenues to families and
non-profit groups for children and youth with facial deformities.