The image had accompanied a 2015 article about her in The New York Times. The auction's biggest ticket item was the drawing of Ginsburg, which sold for $55,000. FILE - In this image from video, a silver coffee and tea set, left, and a signed photo of an opera singer, belonging to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, are seen inside Potomack Company Auctions in Alexandria, Va., Monday, April 11, 2022.Įlizabeth Haynie Wainstein, the owner of The Potomack Company auction house in Virginia, said they were "just really blown away by the interest." A pre-sale estimate suggested the auction could raise $50,000 to $80,000. Winning bids ranged from $850 to $55,000. The auction ended in late April, and buyers are now picking up items or arranging to have them shipped to their homes in 38 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and Germany. And a drawing of the late justice that hung in her office was a Utah-based scientist's Mother's Day gift to his wife.Īll told, an online auction of 150 items owned by the late justice raised $803,650 for Washington National Opera, one of Ginsburg's passions. A medal Ginsburg was awarded when inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame is going to a family who recently demonstrated for reproductive rights. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's silver tea set is going to a family with a 5-year-old daughter who once dressed as Ginsburg for Halloween.
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