![]() ![]() In the end she gave the hospital only $1 million. (Photo from the book Empty Mansions)īefore Clark's death, the hospital where she had lived for so many years lobbied her for money for a building. The view from Clark's last regular hospital room at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. ![]() "The decorative arts that you see around the room here have come from the Fifth Avenue apartment where Huguette lived a fair part of her life," says Andrew McVinish, head of Private and Iconic Collections at Christie's. One armchair from the 18th century is so perfectly preserved that the needlepoint colors are still brilliant. And now, three years after her death at age 104, Clark's artwork and antiques are heading from her abandoned apartments to Christie's auction block.Īt a preview for the auction, being held this month, the room is filled with extraordinary items collected over decades, all in perfect condition. Her lavish gifts to her nurse prompted a police investigation. For years, even friends and family thought she was living on Fifth Avenue. ![]() It's just one of many curiosities about Clark, the late heiress to the fortune of copper magnate Sen. (Photo from the book Empty Mansions)Ĭourtesy of the Estate of Huguette M. Huguette Clark poses for a photograph in her debutante days. ![]()
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