Overview
- A live auction in New York on November 19 will present 13 works by artists including Milton Avery, Richard Diebenkorn and Auguste Rodin.
- Top estimates include Avery’s Figure on the Jetty at $500,000–$700,000 and Diebenkorn’s Green at $300,000–$500,000, with a Fritz Scholder painting guided at $20,000–$30,000.
- Two online auctions run November 8–21 and November 25–December 4, featuring Hackman’s own paintings, books, scripts, posters and personal effects.
- Three Golden Globe trophies are being offered, including awards tied to Unforgiven and The Royal Tenenbaums, along with his Cecil B. DeMille honor; his French Connection Globe is not included.
- Background to the estate includes autopsy findings that Betsy Arakawa died of hantavirus and Hackman of heart disease complications, with reports that his will named Arakawa sole beneficiary and contained a simultaneous-death clause directing assets to charity.