Things From Golden Girl Rue McClanahan's East 56th St Apartment For Sale

Last year Rue McClanahan died in New York at the age of 76, leaving Betty White as the last remaining Golden Girl, and now items from her estate are being sold off at auction. Life is depressing.

Anyway, as OUT Magazine says, this means you can "do a little last-minute holiday shopping for the Golden Girl on your list... you'll find the perfect technicolor Christian Lacroix jacket, carved ethnic bench, or bronze bust of Hypocrites for the Blanche Devereaux freak in your life."

Hutter Auctions, who hold the gavel, say the items are "from her apartment on East 56 Street as well as personal memorabilia from her Broadway and Television career including items from her role as Blanche Devereaux on the Golden Girls." The full lot is here, and personally, we've got our eye on some pretty reasonably priced Swatches.

Reportedly McClanahan "wanted fans to have access to her personal property—including her costumes—after her death. And her son Mark Bish is arranging several auctions across the U.S."

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on December 15, 2011 6:24 PM

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Timon_8

"...a bronze bust of Hypocrites"?? Seems that more than one hypocrite would require more than one bust.

Could Ms. Carlson possibly have meant "Hippocrates"?

cyncity.org

Nice catch, but she copied that directly from Out Magazine.

Timon_8

The implication being that she doesn't recognize the word "hypocrite", or that Hippocrates is a name entirely unfamiliar to her--or both, I suppose--since she didn't catch it herself.

Melanie

I'm fortunate enough to work at Hutter and the estate is really impressive! Even in death, Rue's belongings leave me star struck! She was an amazing star!

Shallon Lester

Melanie, the Gothamist link to the "full catalog"--is that really all Rue's stuff? Only some things, like her costumes, are tagged with her name. But the other stuff (random silver, crystal stemware, paintings) are those from her estate as well? Thank you!

Vox In Deserto

her driver's license says she was born on '37: http://hutterauctions.auctionf...

Wikipedia says otherwise. tisk tisk, rue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...

Vance Grey

Someday, after you've become an international sex symbol to old men, you'll lie about your age, too.

birdtird

I got my picture taken with Rue once, just to send to my grandmother, i might as well have gotten my picture taken with Ghandi, she was amped yo:)