Devils Span - Whitney Houston passed away February 11, 2012. She entrusted her life to leeches and hanger ons. Mainly one very suspect person, is her manager/sister in law Pat Garland. Garland sold a picture of Houston in her coffin to the National Enquirer for 500.000, then she approved a Hologram tour and now the latest is selling off Whitney Houston items to the highest bidder, for profit. She robbed Whitney in life and she's robbing her in death. Sounds like the work of drug addiction and fraudulent behavior to me. Pat and Gary Garland controls the Estate. What does Cissy and Houston's other brother Michael, have to say about Garlands shenanigans?
Whitney Houston's estate is selling off the late singer's elaborately beaded wedding gown, custom-made designer costumes (mink-trimmed jeans, anyone?), and a trove of other memorabilia, from her first U.S. passport to her expired credit cards to an personally inscribed copy of Nelson Mandela's memoir.
The Whitney Houston Collection, which includes 120 items, will go on the auction block June 24 and 25 at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills and online.
The Newark-born singer accidentally drowned in a Beverly Hills hotel room bathtub in 2012, the night before the Grammy Awards. An autopsy revealed that cocaine use and heart disease contributed to her death. Nearly three years later, her only daughter and beneficiary, Bobbi Kristina Brown, also died under similar circumstances.
Though there are other lots with higher opening bids, the most personal item is Houston's ivory satin wedding gown from her 1992 nuptials to Bobby Brown at her Mendham estate. Marc Bouwer designed the four-piece high-necked gown with input from Houston and her stylist at the time, and it includes the matching beaded and sequined satin cloche hat and floor-length sheer white silk veil. The opening bid is $3,500.
Among the stagewear are several over-the-top pieces designed by Dolce & Gabbana for Houston's 1999 "My Love Is Your Love" tour, and a black Marc Bouwer jumpsuit encrusted with beads that she wore during her 1991 "I'm Your Baby Tonight" tour, including her show at the Meadowlands.
Though there are other lots with higher opening bids, the most personal item is Houston's ivory satin wedding gown from her 1992 nuptials to Bobby Brown at her Mendham estate. Marc Bouwer designed the four-piece high-necked gown with input from Houston and her stylist at the time, and it includes the matching beaded and sequined satin cloche hat and floor-length sheer white silk veil. The opening bid is $3,500.
Among the stagewear are several over-the-top pieces designed by Dolce & Gabbana for Houston's 1999 "My Love Is Your Love" tour, and a black Marc Bouwer jumpsuit encrusted with beads that she wore during her 1991 "I'm Your Baby Tonight" tour, including her show at the Meadowlands.
