NEW YORK — Hollywood screen icon Lauren Bacall's personal possessions from the precious to the mundane hit the auction block in New York, drawing plenty of fans Tuesday. Collectors were jostling for a memento of the Oscar-winner from among more than 200 items from fine art to kitchenware, and avant-garde to kitsch.



The sale continues Wednesday at Bonhams auction house. The collection includes jewelry and clothes, aboriginal and African art, English and French furniture and items bought in antique shops around the world. Items that date from her marriage to legendary on-screen co-star Humphrey Bogart and sculptures by English artist Henry Moore are among the most prized items. Most of the items sold so far were at or above the price estimates made by the auctioneers, Bonhams said. The proceeds of next week's auctions will go to her three children. From the Bogart years, before he died from cancer in 1957, was his black granite games table and a pair of silver candelabras from the couple's marital home in Los Angeles. The table brought in $26,250 -- almost nine times the estimated value. — AFP