Chandeliers, vases, showcases – and the door to the suite in which the former US President Herbert Hoover once stayed: around 15,000 pieces of furniture from the famous Waldorf Astoria New York have been auctioned since the weekend.
“Unique objects of a legendary hotel”
“These are unique objects from a legendary hotel,” says a message from the US auction house Kaminski. The furnishings are currently on display in an abandoned mall near Boston. The auction will last until November 15th.
The Waldorf Astoria New York, which has been a luxury dump for Hollywood stars, artists and top politicians since it opened in 1931, is currently being extensively renovated and refurbished. The proceeds from the auction are intended to finance work on St. Bartholomew’s Church, which is located in the Manhattan neighborhood right next to the hotel.
The most spectacular items in the auction include the furniture from the room Hoover lived in permanently in the 1940s – including the front door, valued at $ 200 to $ 300.
A carpet from the suite used by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is said to fetch $ 2,500 to $ 3,500. The most expensive item is an oil painting from the room in which the actress Elizabeth Taylor slept (8,000 to 12,000 dollars / 6,800 to 10,200 euros).
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