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"Not everyone can live like Brooke Astor, but Sotheby&amp;#039;s is bringing the world a bit closer, with its sale of approximately 900 items from the philanthropist&amp;#039;s Park Avenue apartment and Westchester County home. Not only will visitors be able to purchase pieces from Astor&amp;#039;s chic interiors, they can see many of them in situ, as Sotheby&amp;#039;s has carefully recreated vignettes from her homes, originally designed by her friends, Sister Parish and Albert Hadley. Standouts include a Van Cleef &amp;amp;amp; Arpels diamond- and emerald-encrusted 18-karat bracelet, a set of 34 Fornasetti &amp;quot;malachite&amp;quot; porcelain plates, an 18th-century gilt-bronze Chinese lion clock, and drawings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Nicolas Lancret. While touring the exhibition is the best way to experience the treasures, you can also browse the auction right from your own living room on Sotheby&amp;#039;s Catalogue iPad app. &amp;quot;Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor&amp;quot; at Sotheby&amp;#039;s, September 24 and 25 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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