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WHITNEY’S STUFF TO BE AUCTIONED BY STORAGE FACILITY: Company to unload items since Nippy hasn’t paid storage fees since 2005.
*Whitney Houston’s drawers and other personal belongings are up for grabs after a New Jersey storage facility has decided to get rid of her things that have been sitting there without payment since 2005.
The company Speed Of Sound applied for a court order to auction off Houston’s items after the singer’s company, Nippy Inc., failed to pay the storage bill, which now totals about $200,000.
Among the 400 or so items up for bid during the Jan. 9th auction are designer clothing from Houston's 1999 “My Love Is Your Love” tour; a custom-made, transparent grand piano that cost between $300,000 to $400,000; a chair described as "Whitney's Throne"; gowns by Donna Karan and Bob Mackie; 13 Dolce & Gabbana bustier bras adorned with animal prints and sequins; four velvet bodysuits with "WH" logos; six black stretch pants; several gold, black, white and red evening dresses; and 16 wardrobe cases.
"It's a warehouse full of stuff from her shows,” auctioneer Steve Newmark of A.J. Willner Auctions told the New York Daily News. "There's some pretty personal stuff in there. Even her underwear is in there. I was marveling at the waist of some of these clothes. They were pretty small.”
In addition, Houston is selling off musical instruments and props used in her stage shows over the years, including pianos, keyboards, drums, synthesizers, speakers, amplifiers, a forklift, a concert stage set and sound equipment.
A slot machine and leather whip are also featured in the lot, as are some of her soon-to-be ex-husband Bobby Brown's possessions, including "16 assorted Bobby Brown music awards."
"The auction is open to the public, but only for qualified buyers,” Newmark adds. “We're probably going to combine a lot of the individual items, like the costumes. It's not for a teenage fan hoping to buy one of her trinkets."
Houston's spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer claims many of the items are "not needed any more" and that, "She is selling equipment, as many artists do, that is out of date.”
Once the storage company gets its $200,000, the rest of the proceeds will go to Houston.
As previously reported, Houston’s $6 million New Jersey estate was to be auctioned off after she was sued for not paying her mortgage or taxes for a year. According to the Daily News, the singer paid off those debts last week.
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