The Whitney Houston Collection, more than 100 pieces of memorabilia – including awards, stage-worn costumes, passports and gold records – from the life and career of Whitney Houston, one of the top pop superstars of the last 30 years, will be presented by Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills,June 24-25, 2016 as part of the company’s Entertainment & Music Signature Auction. The trove is being offered by The Whitney Houston Estate.
“We felt that it was time to give something of Whitney to the people who loved her and her music,” said Pat Houston, Whitney’s manager, President of the Whitney Houston Estate and her sister-in-law, “and, conversely, who Whitney loved back with all of her heart and soul.”
The collection is a broad mix of material that spans the performer’s amazing and prolific career as a singer, an arranger, an actress and fashion maven. It is the most comprehensive offering relating to Ms. Houston that has ever been made available.
“Whitney Houston, still so widely beloved and venerated today, was the voice of her generation and the most highly awarded female vocalist in history,” said Garry Shrum, Consignment Director for Entertainment & Music memorabilia at Heritage Auctions. “This collection, lovingly offered by her family and her estate, offers fans and collectors both moving insight into her amazing talent and glamorous career.”