Anthony Bourdain’s possessions will be auctioned off to raise money for his family this October.
If you ever wanted to own a piece of Bourdain memorabilia, this could be your chance. The online auction will be held by Lark Mason Associates from Oct. 9-30 and items include his highly prized chef’s knife to a US Navy jacket he was gifted when filming No Reservations in Beirut.
The proceeds of the auction will be split between his family and the Culinary Institute of America’s Anthony Bourdain Legacy Scholarship.
Bourdain’s ex Ottavia Busia, and their daughter, Ariane, 12 will receive 60%, the remaining 40% will be donated by the family to the scholarship. Bourdain and Busia were seperated at the time of the chef's death, but they never formally divorced. On the first anninversary of Bourdain's death, she shared a poignant post of Bourdain playing with Ariane, then a toddler.
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Organisers say that Bourdain’s possessions are worth between $200,000 and $400,000 and highlights include:
Bourdain’s Bob Kramer knife is expected to win the highest price at auction according to the New York Times. The custom steel and meteorite blade was given to the chef in 2016.
“He was thrilled, and I was thrilled,” Kramer told the Times. “He walked right to the bar and he was like, ‘Oh man, I’ve been looking forward to this.’ He held it, looked at me, I don’t know, we just connected there for a second. Because he got it and I’d made it for him.” - Bob Kramer
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Organisers say that Bourdain’s possessions are worth between $200,000 and $400,000 and highlights include:
∙ Brad Phillips (Canadian), Cristine and Me as Still-Life, oil on canvas, 2016 (Est: $2,000–$4,000)
∙ John Lurie (American, born 1952), This Party Sucks, watercolor on paper (Est: $1,000–$2,000)
∙ Peter Lovig Nielsen teak flip-top desk, Denmark, 20th century (Est: $800–$1,200)
∙ Custom Bob Kramer steel and meteorite chef’s knife (Est: $4,000–$6,000)
∙ Chrome duck press from the Paris episode of The Layover (Est: $200–$300)
∙ Vietnamese blue-and-white ceramic tall bottle form vase, with cover (Est: $250-$450)
∙ An original typed manuscript or early draft for A Bone in the Throat by Anthony Bourdain (Est: $700–$1,000)
∙ Simpson script for The Food Wife, with signed inscriptions to Bourdain (Est.: $800-$1200)
News of the auction comes just a few days after the star received two posthumous Emmy awards for his work on Parts Unknown. The series won for Outstanding Informational Series or Special, while Bourdain himself won the Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program for writing the episode titled “Kenya.”
