300 Personal Items of Brigitte Bardot Go Up for Auction

PARIS, September 21 /ATSH–ANSA/ — Around 300 personal items belonging to French actress and icon Brigitte Bardot have been put up for auction at the Drouot auction house in central Paris.

The items come from two of Bardot’s residences in Saint-Tropez and from her Paris apartment.

Some of the homes’ interiors have been recreated in the exhibition space.

Proceeds from the sale will be donated to her charitable foundation for animal protection.

Among the auction items are furniture, clothing, statues with religious motifs, kitchenware, Le Creuset pots, lighters, jewelry and classical guitars.

Also for sale will be Bardot’s Peugeot bicycle and two pairs of Repetto leather ballet flats.

One of the most special items is the typewriter Bardot used for correspondence and for writing her autobiography.

Her Guerlain perfume will also go under the hammer.

The collection also includes a large number of portraits of the actress, some of them erotic in nature.

According to her longtime secretary, Frank Guillou, these portraits were mostly gifts from artists Bardot knew or works that held special meaning for her.

Most lots have a starting price below 100 euros, but bids during the auction are expected to raise their value significantly.