Overview
- An auctioneer from Millon will offer nearly 300 lots from Bardot’s Paris flat and her St Tropez homes at Hôtel Drouot in Paris on Monday, with proceeds designated for the Brigitte Bardot Foundation and her son.
- The catalogue combines intimate household objects and memorabilia, including pairs of her trademark ballet flats, an Olivetti typewriter she used for her autobiography, a copy of the Kama Sutra, diamond rings, guitars, and furniture from La Madrague.
- Bernard d’Ormale, Bardot’s widower, has publicly denounced the sale as disrespectful, saying he was left out of her will and that he was removed from the St Tropez property he shared with her.
- The foundation’s director and Millon say the dispersal honors Bardot’s life and will fund the animal-rights work she founded, and they note a long working relationship between the auction house and the foundation.
- Bardot’s global fame as a 1950s–60s film star turned animal-rights activist frames the dispute, and the outcome could shape how private artefacts are used to preserve celebrity legacies and finance charitable missions.