Highest bidder can sleep in Cher’s bed!
It’s one of 700 items from the superstar’s Malibu home to be auctioned off in Beverly Hills.
Cher announced Monday that she plans to part with hundreds of her personal possessions – including furniture, artwork, jewelry, a 2003 H2 Hummer and original costumes by famed designer Bob Mackie – so that she can redecorate her home.
“I’m truly excited about it, having had this stuff for so many years,” Cher told The Associated Press. “I’m only keeping about five items from everything I have.”
A “nice percentage” of the auction’s proceeds will benefit the Cher Charitable Foundation, she said. The sale is expected to bring in more than $1 million, according to Lee Dunbar of Sotheby’s, one of two firms administering the auction.
Cher said she was inspired to redecorate following her three-year “Farewell” tour.
“When I got off the road, something happened and I said, `You know, I think it’s time to do something different,’” she said. “But my house is so full that there’s no way to do something different unless I totally change it.”
The Oscar and Grammy winner has collected neo-Gothic art and furniture for more than 25 years. Among the items offered in the auction is a Gothic revival brass bed, circa 1865, an oak reading table, a pair of painted brass chandeliers that hung in Cher’s dining room and a terra-cotta figurine of Jesus Christ from the 16th century.
She plans to redo her home in a mix of styles inspired by Morocco and Tibet.
“It sounds crazy, but I’m going to try to mix a whole bunch of cultures together,” she said.
About 200 pieces from Cher’s extensive wardrobe and costume collection will also be sold in the auction, including outfits featured on the “Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour” and an original Mackie-designed gown she wore to the Academy Awards.
“The amount of costumes I have is staggering, so this doesn’t even make a dent,” said the 60-year-old star.
She will also part with 85 pieces of jewelry, including beaded items she made herself.
Cher will tell personal stories of how she found each of the items for the auction’s catalog. Stories make the pieces into “living entities,” she said.
Highlights from the auction, including furniture, paintings and Mackie-made gowns, will travel to Sotheby’s locations in London, Chicago and New York before the full exhibition opens at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sept. 29. Bidding begins Oct. 3.
A preview exhibition is on view now at the Beverly Hilton.
Most of the items to be sold are still in Cher’s house. She said she looks wistfully at them, knowing they’ll be gone soon.
“I have loved everything I ever bought,” she said. “I have loved them and kept them for all these years and now it’s time for them to go on.”
October 3rd & 4th at
The Beverly Hilton
Beverly Hills, CA
Exhibition Schedule:
Sotheby’s London (Highlights):
September 4th – 9th
Sotheby’s Chicago (Highlights):
September 12th – 14th
Sotheby’s New York (Highlights):
September 16th – 24th
The Beverly Hilton (Full Exhibition):
September 29th – October 2nd
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21 Responses to “Highest bidder can sleep in Cher’s bed!”
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August 1st, 2006 at 2:55 am
omg, how awesum is that…it would b hard 2 give all that shit away…man wen she wants to do sumthin she goes all out…. i wish i could buy sumthin or go to an auction, but i cant
…. man i luv her jewelry, that would b wat i want to buy….i think she has such awesum fashion too…. but i luv her rings n necklaces lately!!!!
luv ya
August 1st, 2006 at 3:31 am
yeah i recon…..i would luv to go to one. how awsum would it be….i’d luv to get sum jewelry n old stuff from sonny n cher…..omg..how cool : ) she always amazes me with the stuff she does…but hey thats why we luv her….good on her…hehe
August 1st, 2006 at 8:01 am
SWEET MAN! THAT’S REALLY SNAZZY CHER!
August 1st, 2006 at 12:39 pm
I hope I hit the lotto before the auction….lol
August 1st, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Hmmm… I will do illegal work to buy a pece of dirt from Cher’s flor
That would be amazing! 
August 1st, 2006 at 5:27 pm
big woop……lets hear some REAL news people!
August 1st, 2006 at 8:03 pm
i will take the hummer
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:31 am
Hey Cher, wish I could bid on some of your things, especially the bed! Still, it is not practical, is not possible, but me and the girls (grandaughters who now live with me full time – boy I forgot how unpredictable teenagers can be!) will catch the train and go to Sothebys in London – we live in England – and drool over all the lovely things there. It must be difficult chosing just which things to sell even though they have to go to make room for new things. Still, at the end of it all, once again you are giving money to Charity. Any Cher fans who come onto this site and make disrespectful, unnecessary comments about what you are doing really should not be on it. It is for FANS. Go Cher, other people are going to benefit from you YET AGAIN. Can’t wait to see you in Las Vegas in 2008, bit worried how we are going to arrange it living in the U.K but by hell or high water the girls and I will be there. They are as excited as I am even though they have their own tastes in music such as Kylie, but having watched your Farewell Tour DVD they too can’t wait to see you in person. Go girl – do what you want to do, after all it is most always with other people in mind. Wish you could stop this flipping war that is going on though! Anyway Cher, good luck. Jan at JANJONIC@aol.com
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:19 am
I am not sure how these things work or where these stories come from but If you are going to quote Cher, the least you can do, on a Cher blog, of all places, is quote the woman correctly. I believe Cher’s comment re: the war was “I support the troops, but I am against the war” tisk, tisk, and shame on you. Cher is often mis-quoted and having things taken out of
context, but you guys should know better
August 4th, 2006 at 10:27 am
This sucks! !!!! ! ! !!! I live in Canada, Ontario ,…. how the hell am i supose to bid… aw always the canadians left out…well some people who get the items better put them on Ebay because that would be the only chance i have of owning something of hers!
August 5th, 2006 at 1:08 pm
That’s really awesome that Cher finally decided to renovate her home. Many guys got a chance to bid the lots at the Sotheby’s. Really unbelievable. I’m not gonna bid anything since I think it’s gonna be unreal. But I’ll keep the fingers crossed for all guys, going to make a bid at the Sotheby’s.
I think it’s gonna be the cherest auction on Earth. Congrats!
August 6th, 2006 at 7:14 am
Laughing On The Floor!
The Highest Bidder Can Sleep In Cher’s Bed- Well I Already Am-
I Was Lucky Enough To Get Cher’s Bed From Her Aspen House(Featured In Gee’s Bedroom)
Several Years Ago- It’s Now In My Master Suite of My McLean Home- EVERYONE Who Comes
In My Home Loves This Ron Wilson Bed Designed For CHER.
If These Walls Could Talk- hehe!
Wow I Already Have So Much of Cher’s Movie Clothing & Stage Clothing-
I Think I’m Going To Focus On Her Jewels And A Few Mackie Gowns-
Nobody Can Design Clothing Like Mr. Bob Mackie-
See You At The $ale.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:13 am
Hi. I live about an hour from London and is thinking about going, if I can affort it. But anybody know how to attend in this auktion?? Please send me a mail chers_gir@hotmail.com
Thanks for helping.
Chersssss Chers_girl, Denmark
August 7th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
To Chers_Girl-
Contact To Auction House- They Will Assist You In Purchasing-
I Always Bid Via Telephone- You Always GET WHAT YOU WANT- If Your Willing To Pay The Price-
Please Go Visit- When Everything Arrives In London- Then Bid In Oct- Via Telephone.
All My BEST- Andrew Bernard 2006″
August 8th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
man this is making me depressed. i cant buy any of it. because one, i live in RI and my parents would never go for it, and two, even if Chers fabulous things went on ebay, i doubt i would have enough to buy anything.well for you other cher fans with money. good luck.
August 11th, 2006 at 11:21 am
Mackie is good but I know this up and coming designer who was inspired at a very young age by
Mr. Mackie and his muse Cher, who would fit right in. If I could just get some of my ideas, over to Mr. Mackie, does he need a good fashion illustrator or assistant. For the chance to work with Mackie and Cher, I would work cheap. I seem to remember in some movie
was it “Good Times” or was it “Chastity” were Cher was doing some fashion illustrating/designing of her own, was it just a prop or did she do them herself they were very good.
August 15th, 2006 at 3:10 am
lol,,thats sweet!wow cher!!heehee i cant believe it!!well congradulations 4 the lucky dawg!
go cher!!still the best!!
August 15th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
ya well thats gr8 bt i guess i hav to agree wit chershark,,,,where r the real new bout CHER???
cum on ppl!!
August 31st, 2006 at 6:33 am
Hey guys, finally, some news on our t.v over here in the U.K about Cher. They actually spoke about the auction of her belongings on breakfast t.v. Usual cryptic remarks of course!!!!! We are hopefully going to London to see the things that are going to be on view at Sothebys. Won’t be able to bid on any unfortunately, but nonetheless to be able to say we have been there, seen it, will be enough. At least it was mentioned on our t.v that Cher is donating funds from some of the items sold to the American Army. Makes a nice change for people in the media to say anything nice about her over here! Anyway, go Cher. Best wishes. Jan, Joanne and Claire. JANJONIC@aol.com
September 5th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
jewellery she made herself! wouldnt you just kill for a piece of that?!
September 6th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
i cant imagin cher in a hummer
ithink she would look good in a tahoe a black one at that
she should get a yellow volkswagon too those r cool