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Oprah Winfrey at her 50th birthday party at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, 2004. Photo by Alan Light, sized for portrait purposes. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Kaminski’s to auction art, furniture from Oprah Winfrey’s Calif. estate

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Oprah Winfrey at her 50th birthday party at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, 2004. Photo by Alan Light, sized for portrait purposes. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Oprah Winfrey at her 50th birthday party at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, 2004. Photo by Alan Light, sized for portrait purposes. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (ACNI) – There’s nothing she can’t buy if she wants it, and now Oprah Winfrey is revealing her personal decorating choices and past purchases via a Nov. 2 auction of contents from her southern California mansion and other homes. Kaminski’s will conduct the auction of furniture, art and accessories from Winfrey’s 23,000-square-foot Montecito home, with additional selections from her residences in Chicago, Maui and Indiana. Proceeds will benefit The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation College Fund.

Kaminski’s owner, Frank Kaminski, will conduct the auction, which will be held at the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club in Carpenteria, California. Internet live bidding will be available worldwide through LiveAuctioneers. Items will be available to preview in person on the club grounds Oct. 30 through Nov. 1, or online at LiveAuctioneers.com.

Reportedly, Winfrey is clearing out her $85 million, 42-acre estate to simplify both the décor and her lifestyle. Earlier this year in an issue of O Magazine, the media mogul commented: “I am evolving [and] my taste is, too…the gilded mirrors, marble urns, the lavish carbets and sherbet palette – it was all very grand, but it wasn’t very true to myself…”

Designer Rose Tarlow has been commissioned to redesign the Winfrey southern California mansion’s interiors. During her career, Tarlow has created design schemes for many Hollywood and media luminaries, including Barbara Walters and David Geffen. Her work has been featured in many top “shelter” magazines.

Follow Auction Central News for updates and illustrated preview coverage of the Nov. 2 auction of estate art, furniture and accessories from the homes of Oprah Winfrey.

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Oprah Winfrey at her 50th birthday party at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, 2004. Photo by Alan Light, sized for portrait purposes. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Oprah Winfrey at her 50th birthday party at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, 2004. Photo by Alan Light, sized for portrait purposes. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.