WHITNEY HOUSTON’S
memorabilias to be sold at auction
AWARDS, costumes and memorabilia from the estate of the late Grammy-winning singer and actress 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 US$10,000, and her personal script for the 1995 film “Waiting to Exhale,” which could sell for US$1,000.
More than 100 pieces of memorabilia will be included in the sale, which is part of the company’s Entertainment & Music Signature Auction.
“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.
Houston, who battled substance abuse, drowned in a bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel in 2012 at the age of 48.
Meanwhile, Bobby Brown admits there are striking parallels between the deaths of his daughter and his ex-wife.
The 47-year-old musician has admitted
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, president of the Whitney Houston Estate
he can see strong similarities between the drug problems his ex-wife Whitney and his deceased daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown suffered.
He reflected: “The same thing that happened to my daughter, it happened to Whitney.”
Brown, who has also battled drug problems during his own life, lost his daughter in July last year, nearly six months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her Roswell, Georgia, home. Brown said that as he reflects on his own personal experiences with drugs, he feels grateful that he’s still alive today. Speaking to ABC News’ ‘20/20’, Brown explained: “My baby’s gone. I thank God I’m still here. The hardest thing I had to do in my life was tell my daughter to let go.” — Reuters/ BANG Showbiz