The unusual auction of the ashes of the writer Truman Capote by almost$45,000 – Teletrece

In any other case would be a lack of respect, but this is what I would have wanted an author as eccentric as Truman Capote.

This is the reasoning of Darren Julien, president and ceo of the auction house Julien’s Auctions, in Los Angeles, California, to justify that at the end of last week sold the ashes of one of the american authors most famous of the TWENTIETH century.

What I didn’t expect Julien is that someone bought it by the high amount of US$ 43.500.

The buyer of the ashes is a collector who wishes to remain anonymous.

The ashes were delivered in a box, japanese wood, respecting the wrap that he brought from the morgue.

“they Promised that Truman will continue their adventures”, said Julien.

How did they get the ashes to a auction house?

More than 30 years after his death

Truman Capote, author of “Breakfast with diamonds” and “In cold blood, died in 1984 at the home of her best friend, Joanne Carson, who was the second wife of the popular television host Johnny Carson, who also died.

Carson inherited then a portion of the ashes of the author, who at that time were valued at about$ 6,000.

With the death of Carson in may 2015, managers of the patrimony of Truman Capote did not know what to do with the ashes.

in Addition to their remains, were sold several personal objects of the author: shirts, pants, skates, books, and the shirt he wore the day of his death.

The prices for that were sold, 50 of these objects ranged between US$ 50 and US$ 2,000.

eccentric Nature

“I’m sure people will think this is a lack of respect,” said Darren Julien when he announced that the ashes were to go to auction.

“But this is a fact: Truman Capote loved the element of surprise. He was fascinated by the advertising. And I’m sure he’s looking down laughing and saying: ‘That is something that I would have done’. He was quite a character.”

Julien acknowledged that, before you put the ashes to the sale, the auction house contemplated the ethical implications of selling their remains to the highest bidder.

“I Never heard that subastaran the ashes of someone, although between us, Christie’s and other auction houses, we have sold things pretty crazy. But I think that this will be in the top of the list”.

as Julien pointed out that Christie’s sold years ago, the penis of Napoleon, and insisted that, in this case, they decided to go ahead by the character of the bizarre Truman Capote.

“If it had not been Truman Capote would have left to spend, we would not have wanted to be disrespectful”.

“But with the eccentricities to which he was accustomed, and his passion for the press, there is no doubt that he would have liked to do this.”