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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2749
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 04:39 pm: | 
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Whitney's Outfits, Gear to Be Auctioned
By JEFFREY GOLD
January 4, 2007, 8:48 AM EST
http://tinyurl.com/ygrqvf
NEWARK, N.J. -- Few people can sing like Whitney Houston. But next week, anyone with some spare cash can dress like the Grammy winner, right down to one of her black velvet bustiers, and croon into one of her microphones.
Those items and more than 300 others from a 1999 world tour, including grand pianos, drum kits and a forklift, will be auctioned Tuesday in an effort to cover unpaid storage fees on the gear and clothing, said Jeffrey Campisi, a lawyer for Speed of Sound, a company that has been tending to the equipment.
The tour gear, which includes speakers, amplifiers and a vintage barber chair along with designer clothes, has been stored in Irvington since the tour, Campisi said.
Speed of Sound went to court in May after not receiving payments from Houston's company, Nippy Inc., for a year. The company is now owed $175,000 to $200,000, Campisi said Wednesday.
He couldn't estimate what the auction might bring, but said any excess money will go to Nippy.
Nippy lawyer Michael J. Connolly referred a reporter to Houston spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer, who didn't immediately return a call Wednesday.
In recent comments to newspapers, Seltzer has said the auction is being held to dispose of outdated equipment and costumes that are no longer needed.
Houston, 43, a Newark native, is divorcing singer Bobby Brown after 14 stormy years of marriage. Some of his music awards will be on the same auction block.
The home that Brown, 37, and Houston once shared in Alpharetta, Ga., near Atlanta, went on the market in November.
She avoided a sheriff's sale of her New Jersey mansion after falling more than $1 million behind on the mortgage and accumulating $83,000 in unpaid taxes. A deal has been reached on the mortgage and the taxes on the 10-acre Mendham estate have been paid, Morris County authorities said.
Houston has been living in Los Angeles, working on an album.
The auction Tuesday will be at the Irvington warehouse, but gawkers beware: It will cost $100 to enter the building. Winning bidders must deposit at least 25 percent of the price immediately, with the balance due before 2 p.m. Wednesday. All payments must be in cash, certified funds, cashier's checks, money orders or business checks accompanied by an irrevocable bank letter of guarantee, according to the auctioneer, A.J. Willner Auctions.
Campisi said that despite spending years in storage, the equipment is in good condition.
"It's been cleaned up and tested, and it's ready to go," he said.
On the Net:
A.J. Willner Auctions:
http://www.ajwillnerauctions.com
Whitney Houston: http://www.whitneyhouston.com |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6452
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 04:50 pm: |
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I saw where she was even selling her lingerie and her "draws". Poor Whitney. She has really hit rock bottom. |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1431
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 3 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 07:59 pm: |
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"I saw where she was even selling her lingerie and her "draws". Poor Whitney. She has really hit rock bottom."
Good. I have absolutely no sympathy for her.
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2750
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 10:04 pm: |
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So you don't want her to have any draws? Damn! |
Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 7454
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:15 am: |
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Dayam. Whitney makes MC Hammer appear downright THRIFTY by comparison. |
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