Christie’s auction house has been entrusted with selling the personal collection of the 40th president and his wife. Set for the weekend of September 21-22, the auction will coincide with Christie’s Americana sales week in New York.
While specific items have not yet been announced, the collection will include paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints, as well as jewelry, furniture, books and various memorabilia from the couple’s home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Individual items are estimated to fetch anywhere between $1,000 to $50,000, and the total sale is expected to top $2 million. Proceeds from the auction will go to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to the lives and legacies of the Reagans.
Christie’s plans to release more information soon, and a full sale catalogue will be available later this summer.
—Taylor Dafoe (@tddafoe)
