Overview

• The auction, organized by Doyle Auctioneers and Appraisers and managed by the Barbara Taylor Bradford Trust, will feature over 200 items from the late author’s estate.
• Highlights include Bradford’s IBM Wheelwriter typewriter, antique writing desks, and a Verdura swan brooch commissioned by her late husband, valued at $10,000–$15,000.
• The collection offers insights into Bradford’s literary career, her transatlantic life, and her enduring partnership with her husband, Robert Bradford.
• The items will tour Palm Beach and Beverly Hills before a public exhibition in New York on May 3, with the live auction scheduled for May 7.
• Bradford, who passed away in November 2024, authored 40 novels selling over 90 million copies worldwide, including the bestselling 'A Woman of Substance.'