The Aporia · Brigitte Bardot’s 285 belongings beat a €50,000 estimate, fetching €953,531 at Paris auction

Brigitte Bardot's personal items, including clothing, furniture, and memorabilia from her homes in Paris and Saint-Tropez, were auctioned off in Paris, raising nearly €1 million. This sum is almost 20 times the initial estimate of around €50,000 by the auction house Millon. The collection included objects such as dog collars, a self-portrait, her typewriter used for an autobiography, and guitars, with prices ranging from €9,400 to nearly €40,000 for items like the dog collars and self-portrait respectively.

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Personal belongings of late French actress and singer Brigitte Bardot fetched nearly €1 million ($1.15 million) at a four-day auction in Paris ending on Monday, surpassing the initial estimate by almost 20 times. Over 285 items, including Repetto ballet flats, diamond rings, straw hats, sunglasses, and furniture from her homes in Saint-Tropez and Paris, were sold to raise money for her animal charity foundation and her son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier. The auction drew around 15,000 visitors who viewed the items over six days before the sale. Bardot, known as a sex symbol of the 1950s and later an outspoken animal rights activist, died at age 91 in December 2025. Her final husband Bernard d'Ormale, now living in a council flat after being disinherited by her will, criticized the sale for stripping her bare.

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“This sale is the logical continuation of the one she herself organised in 1987 with her most precious belongings to create her foundation,” Ghyslaine Calmels-Bock, the managing director of the Bardot Foundation, told AFP after the sale.

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Brigitte Bardot’s 285 belongings beat a €50,000 estimate, fetching €953,531 at Paris auction · assertive framing

French actress and singer Brigitte Bardot's personal items have fetched about €1 million at auction in Paris. asserted

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The amount is almost 20 times the estimate, according to the auction house Millon. uncertain

amount → accord → house

A total of 285 objects, ranging from straw hats, sunglasses and nightgowns to tableware and furniture from Bardot’s homes in Paris and Saint-Tropez, were auctioned, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. asserted

Presse → range → Paris

Two dog collars, with an ID tag bearing Bardot’s name and a telephone number, estimated at €30 for the pair, were sold for €9,400 to a Russian buyer. asserted

collars → bear → buyer

A self-portrait fetched nearly €40,000 while the typewriter she used to write an autobiography raised €4,634. asserted

she → fetch → 4,634

Estimated at between €300 and €500, two of her guitars soared to €8,600 and €1,900, while three stuffed toys representing baby seals sold for nearly €2,200. asserted

toys → estimate → 2,200

About 3,000 French and international bidders registered for the auction. asserted

bidders → register → auction

“Brigitte Bardot has once again proved to be a remarkable alchemist: she transformed about €50,000 in estimates into nearly €1m, including fees,” the auctioneer Alexandre Millon said. asserted

auctioneer → prove → fees

Bardot, who died in December 2025 at the age of 91, later transitioned into an animal rights activist in her career. asserted

who → die → career

She became famous through the film "And God Created Woman," in which she played a woman who confidently embraced her desires. asserted

who → become → desires

This was considered scandalous at the time and therefore fascinated many viewers all the more. asserted

This → consider → viewers

Until the early 1970s, Bardot appeared in approximately 50 films. asserted

Bardot → appear → films

In 1973, Bardot gave up her acting career and dedicated her life to endangered animals. asserted

Bardot → give → animals

She auctioned off parts of her possessions to establish her animal welfare foundation. asserted

She → auction → foundation

She also became increasingly active politically on the far right, alienating some fans in her later life with her hardline views on immigration. asserted

She → become → immigration

Bardot was convicted five times for hate speech, particularly about Muslims, and up until her death she expressed her pleasure at the rising share of the vote gained by the anti-immigration National Rally party. asserted

she → convict → party

The proceeds from the auction will go to her animal welfare foundation and to Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, her only child. asserted

proceeds → go → Charrier

Founded by the actor in 1986, the Brigitte Bardot Foundation says it has taken in 13,000 animals through four shelters and 150 partner facilities, supports 350 groups in France and operates in 70 countries. asserted

it → found → countries

Bock → organise → sale

“Today, her fight continues through this auction.” asserted

fight → continue → auction

A 'joke' that turned wrong Two days before the auction, Bardot’s last husband, Bernard d’Ormale, described it as a “joke”. asserted

husband → turn → joke

“These are personal items,” he said. asserted

he → say → ?

He said it amounted to a “disrespect to Brigitte’s memory”. asserted

it → say → memory

Her belongings should have been preserved as part of her legacy, he told AFP, adding that Bardot “would not have agreed to this sale”. asserted

Bardot → preserve → sale

The foundation rejected the criticism, saying the auction had been approved by the board in June when the widower was its president. asserted

widower → reject → June

D’Ormale said he had not understood the auction would involve such personal items. asserted

auction → say → items

The dispute comes days after he was removed as head of the foundation, a role he had held since Bardot’s death. asserted

he → come → death

Brigitte Bardot’s 285 belongings beat a €50,000 estimate, fetching €953,531 at Paris auction

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