The beds slept in by Oprah Winfrey and Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama at Asherwood — the Indiana estate of the late shopping-mall magnate Melvin Simon — will be auctioned off this weekend.
Simon’s widow, Bren, who lives in Colorado, gave the 107-acre estate, including two golf courses, to Michael Feinstein’s charity, the Great American Songbook Foundation, which is having Guernsey’s put the furnishings, about 1,200 lots including the beds, on the block.
The real estate will be sold separately.
“Asherwood is filled with over-the-top, gold-leafed furniture that will all be sold,” sniffed one connoisseur. “Bargain hunters who admire the gilded lavishness of Mar-a-Lago will love this auction.”
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