Go Ahead, Bid On It. Joan Rivers Would Want You to Own a Piece of Her Private Collection.
There is a truth universally acknowledged among the better Jewish families of the late-American period: when a well-to-do and well-accessorized female relative has unfortunately passed, one really ought to wait an appropriately tasteful length of time before calling dibs on any of the deceased’s more valuable possessions. It’s as my mother says, “Why don’t we at least put the rest of the shiva kugel away before you start fighting over who’s getting grandma’s diamond tennis bracelet?”
Well, it’s been nearly two long years since beloved comedienne Joan Rivers was taken from us during a routine vocal chord procedure at an Upper East Side clinic. (Somehow, I still feel Joan must be disappointed it wasn’t a funnier operation, like a colonoscopy or vaginal rejuvenation, something that would have turned her death into a neater, better joke). And now, at long last, Christie’s auction house is previewing the full collection of her possessions that they will sell at from June 16-23.