WASHINGTON — You can own furniture, clothing and art that belonged to the late Oscar-winning actor Diane Keaton.
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A collection of more than 50 lots, titled “Diane Keaton: Architecture of an Icon,” will go up for auction on Monday, June 8. It includes sofas from Keaton’s Los Angeles home, personal craft supplies and memorable outfits worn by the actress.
The “Annie haul,” if you will, was listed on the website for the auction house Bonhams with preview images of the pieces. The auction comes after Keaton died of pneumonia last October at age 79.
Keaton was well-known on- and off-screen for her iconic personal fashion accessories, including hats, neckties and belts.
The actress pulled from her personal wardrobe to create the iconic ensemble she wore in an Oscar-winning performance opposite Woody Allen in the 1977 movie “Annie Hall,” including a wide necktie and a button-front sweater vest that mirrored burgeoning fashion retailers like Ralph Lauren. It was a personal touch for a personal film. Hall is Keaton’s given last name, and “Annie” was a childhood nickname.
A black-and-white silk necktie that resembles the one from the movie was listed with a starting bid of between $300 and $500. According to the auction house, Keaton wore the polka dot tie to the 1976 and 2004 Academy Awards.
Other outfits from the Oscars include a full ensemble designed by Ralph Lauren that Keaton wore to the award show in 2020.
After winning a Best Actress award for “Annie Hall” in 1978, Keaton was nominated three more times for “Reds” in 1983, “Marvin’s Room” in 1998 and “Something’s Gotta Give” in 2004.
Also up for auction, a 2003 framed photo of the actress taken by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz with the inscription “for Diane, love Annie Leibovitz” will be bid on anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000.
Other pieces from Leibovitz in the collection include the photographer’s portraits of Abraham Lincoln’s bloodstained stovepipe hat and gloves that the president wore the night of his assassination in 1865.
The most expensive pieces in the collection are the artwork. A 5-foot untitled painting signed by artist Deborah Roberts was the highest valued piece, going for between $40,000 and $60,000.
Also up for auction from Keaton’s collection was photographer David Wojnarowicz’s “Untitled (Falling Buffalos),” which has often been seen as the artist’s statement on the AIDS crisis after his terminal diagnosis with the disease in the late 1980s. Wojnarowicz’s portrait, which also notably graced the sleeve of U2’s “One” in 1992, will bid between $25,000 and $35,000.
Beyond next Monday’s live sale, three other auctions have been taking place in New York and Los Angeles this week, comprising 500 other pieces from Keaton.
Keaton’s sister, Dorrie Hall, introduced the collection in a press release from Bonhams, writing that the actress’s personal items reflect “not only a lifetime of looking but a lifetime of truly seeing.”
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