AIKEN --- Hundreds of James Brown's possessions will be available for auction later this year, and the belongings up for grabs range from music memorabilia to cars to clothes.
Court-appointed estate representatives have selected 394 lots to be sold by New York auction house Christie's by Aug. 1, per a judge's order.
The list has already drawn objections from the singer's children and his disputed fourth wife, Tomi Rae Hynie Brown, who says some of the items belong to her.
In February, Judge Jack Early ordered that the singer's possessions and homes be auctioned off to pay mounting legal bills and overdue estate taxes. Court records show that the singer's estate is in financial trouble, and $1.6 million is needed this year alone just to pay bills.
The estate attorneys filed the final list of auction items late last week in Aiken County Court, and a tax appraisal done by Christie's shows that nearly $1.5 million in assets are at the singer's Beech Island home. The appraisal could indicate what the items might sell for at auction.
The singer's heirs were asked to submit a list of items they wanted held back, but a letter from estate representatives included with the court filings told the family that they've turned in an "extraordinary" number of requests that "do not comply with the Court's order."
Five of the singer's children filed objections to the auction list, and their attorney says in court papers that some items can't be sold as one lot and that some items cannot be found in the home.
The Christie's appraisal was attached to their objection.
Reach Sandi Martin at (803) 648-1395, ext. 111, or sandi.martin@augustachronicle.com.
FOR SALE
Court-appointed estate representatives filed a 29-page list of James Brown's possessions that could be auctioned off by Aug. 1. They include (appraisal value when available):
1974 Mercedes ($25,000)
1941 Lincoln Continental ($35,000)
1962 Red Thunderbird ($30,000)
78 pairs of shoes and boots ($15,000)
Photographs from Mr. Brown's career with celebrities, politicians, family and from his childhood (childhood photo valued at $1,000)
590 "accessories," which include ties, socks, underwear, scarves and gloves ($12,500)
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Comments
So much for the "Graceland" of Beech Island. There has to be a better way to pay the bills. What is wrong with the family? Get yourself together and save your fathers belongings. Ask Michael Jackson, Jessie Jackson, Diana Ross or someone with some money to help. When it's gone it will be gone forever.
Wow ..check out the full auction....some of this stuff should stay with the family. Why (other than a familymember) would someone want some of this everyday stuff?
Don't believe I would much use for used underware...uggghhhhh
He said on an interview that he wanted the Beech Island home turned into a museum, now it seems there will be nothing left. What a shame, but it just shows what greed will do........
Maybe the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will get some of the goods and make a James Brown room. I don't understand how the family doesn't realize that they did this to themselves...
ask michael jackson,jessie, or diana for monetary contributions? hell, they're all broke themselves.april fools day was yesterday,fool.
Sorry. Inquiring minds just want to know: what is a sex jumpsuit? I may be interested in bidding...
Back at you Charley Yonce, You think Jessie Jackson is broke? (who's the fool?) James did a lot for many people and plenty of them have the money to help this family. They may not know this is going on. I copied the story and sent it to several groups, who will send it on to the right people. Who cares if the kids get anything, their not going to anyway, all the money is going to the legal fees and taxes.
jesse doesn't have any money.the only way his rainbow coalition survives is by shaking down big corporations. idiots like him don't invest ,they squander on material things.michael is finished,and it would behoove diana to snuggle up to barry gordon again,she is also finished.i have nothing against brown, i went to his funeral at the arena.i think it's tragic that my white race looted this guy and transferred everything to their relatives.i say investigate,liquidate,and get as much of this money back as possible, wishful thinking though.
You can only sumise that they looted him. James was afool with his money and a fool and his money soon depart. He and all the other broke entertainers should invest while they are making it in stocks, bonds, tax free bonds and the like and not let their accounts get churned. When you live like he did it normally takes everything you earn.
Charley Yonce learn how to write a proper paragraph. All sentences began with capital letters.
why does everybody pick on poor charley y?
how much will the drugs go for?????
underwear !??? gross!
If the lawyers (or trustees, as they are referred to) would quit looting the estate, they wouldn't have to do this. My sympathies are with the family.
dang I wish I could get something
i loved james brown. his music, the kind person he was, always helping others.
elvis had the same traits.
james didn't forget what is was to be poor. even worse, poor and black! he was/is one of the great people.
jewel
as much as i dislike it, it's the new computerspeak not to use capitals or punctuation or completely spelled words
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