ITS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE
THE DEATH OF CELEBRITY CHEF
ANTHONY
BOURDAIN---AND NOW HIS ESTATE
WANTS TO SHARE A LITTLE OF HIS
LIFE
WITH THE WORLD.
THEY'RE AUCTIONING OFF NEARLY
200 OF HIS ITEMS IN THREE
LOCATIONS---AND
ONE OF THEM IS RIGHT HERE IN
SAVANNAH. NEWS 3S ALEX BOZARJIAN
JOINS US NOW WITH THE STORY.
MANY WHO KNEW BOURDAIN DESCRIBED
HIM AS A LARGER THAN LIFE
PERSONALITY WITH MANY
INTERESTS---AND THE ITEMS FOR
AUCTION ECHO THAT DESCRIPTION.
FROM A CUSTOM TOM FORD TUX TO
SKULL CUFF LINKS---SAVANNAHIA NS
CAN GET AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE
MAN BEHIND THE FAME.
AMANDA : "THE OBJECTS REALLY
SPEAK TO WHO HE WAS."
AMAMDA EVERARD SPENDS HER DAYS
SHOWCASING OLD THINGS THAT HAVE
STORIES.
BUT SHE NEVER IMAGINED A
CELEBRITY'S PERSONAL ITEMS
WOULD END UP IN HER SHOP.
AMANDA EVERARD:"I HAVE A
LONGSTANDIND RELATIONSHIP WITH A
COLLEAGUUE IN NEW YORK WHO'S
HANDLING THE SALE---LARK MASON
ASSOCIATES AND THEY THOUGHT IT
WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING THE
COLLECTION TO NOT JUST NEW YORK
CITY BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY--SO
ITS
ACTUALLY IN SAVANNAH AND TEXAS."
BOURDAIN'S CUSTOM TOM FORD TUX
IS ONE THE ITEMS ON
DISPLAY----FULLY INTACT.
HIS NAME IS EVEN EMBROIDERED ON
THE JACKET. OTHER ITEMS INCLUDE
SCULPTURES--PAINTINGS---AND EVEN
HIS
FAVORITE RECORDS.
AMANDA EVERARD: "TONY HE WAS
GIVEN MANY MANY THINGS OVER THE
YEARS UM
YOU KNOW HE COULDN'T KEEP THEM
ALL AND WHAT WAS LEFT HE KEPT IN
HIS
HOME WHERE THINGS THAT REALLY
MEANT TO THEM SO THEIR SPECIAL
AND SO
THATS EXCITING IT WILL ALLOW
STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL
ABROAD AND LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT
CULTURES AND FOODS."
NEARLY 200 OF BOURDAINS MOST
PRICED POSESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE
THREE LOCATIONS WILL BE
AUCTIONED ONLINE UNTIL OCTOBER
30TH. AND PART OF THE PROCEEDS
WILL HELP STUDENTS WHO---LIKE
BOURDAIN --HAVE A LOVE FOR FOOD
AND TRAVEL. AMANDA EVERARD:"HIS
ALMA MATER CUILINARY INSTITUTE
OF
AMERICA IS GETTING 40 PERCENT OF
THE PROCEEDS FROM THE
ESTATE--FROM THIS
AUCTIOON SALE."
EVERARD'S ANTIQUE AND APPRAISAL
STORE IS LOCATED ON WATERS
AVENUE AND YOU CAN
REQUEST TO SEE ITEMS BY
APPOINMENT---BUT THE AUCTION IS
COMPLETELY ONLINE.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE JUST
VISIT WSAV DOT COM SLASH
BOURDAIN.
ALEX BOZARJIAN WSAV NEWS 3.
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