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Joan Didion models Celine sunglasses for a 2015 campaign, captured by Juergen Teller. Credit: Celine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joan Didion<\/a>, the critically-acclaimed writer of\u00a0The White Album\u00a0<\/em>and The Year of Magical Thinking,\u00a0<\/em>sadly died on December 23, 2021 age 87. This week an estate auction was held to sell off her belongings including a signature pair of large frame Celine<\/a> sunglasses, similar to a pair she wore for the fashion house’s 2015 campaign.<\/p>\n

The live online and telephone auction was run by Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York which originally valued the sunglasses between $400 and $800. On November 16, the sunglasses were sold for a huge $27,000. It wasn’t the only item to fetch a high price either.<\/p>\n

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UNITED STATES -October 27: Author Joan Didion in 1987. (Willie Anderson\/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two note books, albeit blank, sold for $11,000 each (I kid you not) while two leather office bins went for $5,500 each. A photograph of Didion leaning on her Stingray Corvette also fetched $26,000, which we understand given the appreciating value of art. In addition, a chic Cartier desk clock fetched a whopping $35,000 which no longer keeps the time.<\/p>\n

You should also keep in mind that the lucky recipients also pay a 28 percent buyer’s premium. Simply wild amounts of money. But it all went to good causes. According to The Sydney Morning Herald,<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>the auction raised a total of $1.9 million and was donated to Columbia University for Parkinson’s research as well as to Sacramento City College for women’s writing grants.<\/p>\n

The prices Didion’s items fetched don’t come near some celebrities. For example, Elvis Presley’s 1972 gold and diamond Ebel watch recently sold for $256,000 at Julien’s Auctions in California. SMH\u00a0<\/em>also reports that in 1988, pop art icon Andy Warhol\u2019s cookie jars sold for $247,830.<\/p>\n

Oh we’d love to know where those items are now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":67772,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,17,16],"yoast_head":"\nJoan Didion's Celine Sunglasses Sold for $27,000 in an Estate Sale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following the death of Joan Didion in 2021, an estate auction was held and sold off a pair of Celine sunglasses for a huge price tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/joan-didions-celine-sunglasses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joan Didion's Celine Sunglasses Sold for $27,000 in an Estate Sale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following the death of Joan Didion in 2021, an estate auction was 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