There are two types of women in the world: those who spent this week glued to the line for Taylor Swift concert tickets and those who tuned into the clusterfuck of bidding madness that was Joan Didion’s estate sale
website was home to another highly competitive fan event — an auction of largely arbitrary items from the late writer’s California and New York homes, ranging from furniture and art to desk accessories, sunglasses, and an abundance of kitchenware. Those of us not stuck in the Ticketmaster queue watched in morbid fascination as a horde of Didion superfans drove the prices on her ephemera up to ten times their estimated value.
I’ve already admitted that the largely useless and well-worn contents lifted from Didion’s stylish homes are bizarrely appealing — in the same way you’re briefly compelled to buy a tchotchke you see on vacation before you actually try to imagine it in your home. And yes, I may have been tempted to put down $50 on the off chance I could nab a trio of reading glasses that once adorned Didion’s face. However, the higher the prices got, the sillier I felt.
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