Whitney Houston's awards, costumes, memorabilia are up for auction
Sale will also include Houston's 1986 Emmy Award and her personal script for 'Waiting to Exhale'
Sale will also include Houston's 1986 Emmy Award and her personal script for 'Waiting to Exhale'. PHOTO: HUFFINGTONPOST
Awards, costumes and memorabilia from the estate of the late Grammy-winning singer and actor Whitney Houston will be sold during a two-day auction in California later this month.
Heritage Auctions said highlights of June 24-25 sale in Beverly Hills will include Houston's 1986 Emmy for her performance at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards, which is expected to fetch $10,000, and her personal script for the 1995 film Waiting to Exhale, which could sell for $1,000.
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More than 100 pieces of memorabilia will be included in the sale, which is part of the company's Entertainment & Music Signature Auction.
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"We felt that it was time to give something of Whitney to
the people who loved her and her music and, conversely, who
Whitney loved back with all of her heart and soul," Pat Houston,
the singer's former manager and president of the Whitney Houston
Estate, said in a statement.
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Houston, who battled substance abuse, drowned in a bathtub
in a Beverly Hills hotel in 2012 at the age of 48.
Heritage Auctions said highlights of June 24-25 sale in Beverly Hills will include Houston's 1986 Emmy for her performance at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards, which is expected to fetch $10,000, and her personal script for the 1995 film Waiting to Exhale, which could sell for $1,000.
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More than 100 pieces of memorabilia will be included in the sale, which is part of the company's Entertainment & Music Signature Auction.
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"We felt that it was time to give something of Whitney to
the people who loved her and her music and, conversely, who
Whitney loved back with all of her heart and soul," Pat Houston,
the singer's former manager and president of the Whitney Houston
Estate, said in a statement.
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Houston, who battled substance abuse, drowned in a bathtub
in a Beverly Hills hotel in 2012 at the age of 48.