Rare art, fascinating objects, and significant collections can be found at local auction houses, from California to Hudson, N.Y. A CUSTOM, BLACK SILK Ralph Rucci evening kimono worn to the Met Gala in 2003. Rhinestone-embellished NAACP t-shirts. Silver-plated serving ware previously owned by Joan Crawford. Six monogrammed L.L. Bean tote bags. Books on fashion and Black history and memoirs of Sidney Poitier, Judith Jamison, and Jessye Norman. Tomorrow, the belongings of style icon and fashion industry trailblazer André Leon Talley (1948-2022) are on the auction block. The Collection of Leon Talley will be sold Sept. 21 at Stair Galleries in Hudson, N.Y. André Leon Talley (1948-2022). | Photo: Squire Fox for Garden & Gun, Courtesy Stair Talley, the pioneering journalist, editor, and first Black creative director at Vogue magazine was known for his unparalleled knowledge of fashion history. He died last year, at age 73, after complications due to COVID, according to the New York Times. Raised by his grandmother, he grew up in Durham, N.C. Then he became an icon and for 18 years until his death lived in White Plains, N.Y., surrounded by the treasures up for auction. The sale features 439 lots, an array […]
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