Compared to other celebrity auctions, the New York preview for the sale of items belonging to chef, author and TV travel host Anthony Bourdain, who died last year at the age of 61, was a low-key affair. In a showroom in Harlem, inside a modest building fronted with a red awning advertising Big Apple Mini Storage, a row of Bourdain’s blazers, suits and jackets hung on a free-standing clothing rack and piles of his books were stacked on furniture around the room.
The sale of over 200 lots from Bourdain’s personal collection includes many everyday items, including his couch, bed, bookcases, TV cabinet, novels and DVD collection, that would be unremarkable, had they not belonged to someone who had such a profound impact on food and travel journalism. Or as Tim Ryan, president of his alma mater, The Culinary Institute of America, describes Bourdain, “possibly the most recognizable food personality on the planet”.
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