
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, July 30, 1990                   TAG: 9007290015
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

COLLECTIONS OWNED BY GARBO TO BE AUCTIONED

Greta Garbo's art and antique collection will be offered in November for a targeted $20 million, an auctioneer said last week.

Garbo's estate authorized the Nov. 13-15 sale by Sotheby's in North America of about 250 lots. Her personal effects are not for sale.

Garbo, who died April 15 at age 84, kept the paintings, including three Renoirs; 18th-century French furniture; decorative rugs; rare books, and Continental, English and Chinese ceramics in her seven-room Manhattan co-op.

Garbo bought the Renoirs in the 1940s and continued collecting through the 1960s. Marion said the reclusive actress frequented exhibitions and galleries at Parke-Bernet, which merged with Sotheby's in 1964.

Highlights of the collection will be displayed in Paris and Tokyo before the auction is held in New York.

by CNB