Property From the Estate of Mrs. Nancy Sinatra: December 17, 2019, Beverly Hills, CA (Sale Number 1915)

Culver City CA: Julien Entertainment.com. Near Fine. (c.2019). First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial covers; no dust jacket, as issued) [essentially as-new, the only flaws being a couple tiny nicks on the rear cover]. (color and B&W photographs) Lavishly-produced auction catalog, offering 588 lots of nearly every sort of thing that your average long-divorced wife of an iconic celebrity might have hanging around her very well-appointed home: furniture, clothing, artwork, jewelry, silverware, pottery, purses, shoes, etc. etc. -- even a few things that actually belonged to the celebrity in question (including some of his books). What must it be like, I wonder, to go on being known as "Mrs. So-and-So," when you've been divorced from Mr. So-and-So for decades? (In Nancy's case, since 1951.) But to give her and Frank their due, by all reports they remained close for the rest of their lives, through all Frank's many romances, affairs and marriages; Nancy herself never remarried, and outlived Frank by twenty years -- and from the evidence of this catalog alone, she never had to suffer any economic deprivation. (Sinatra himself, it should be noted, makes only intermittent appearances throughout this catalog, mostly in the form of photographs used to authenticate various personal items (cufflinks, books, etc.); not too surprisingly, there is no significant memorabilia on offer related more than glancingly to his professional career.) ****NOTE that additional postage charges for international shipping of this heavy volume; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is FREE.**** .