Lauren Bacall’s Possessions to be Auctioned at Bonhams

ALL BACALL AT BONHAMS: Unapologetically her own person, Lauren Bacall’s style is very much on display at Bonhams Madison Avenue location, where 700-plus lots will go on under the gavel on March 31 and April 1. Never one for a stylist, interior decorator or image maker of any kind, the Oscar-winning actress knew what she liked and shopped accordingly. Throughout her life, Bacall, who died in August at age 89, amassed a collection of art, antiques and personal adornments that once hung in her nine-room apartment in The Dakota that she shared with Jason Robards. Now her children Stephen and Leslie Bogart and Sam Robards have put the Henry Moores, Picassos, Hockneys, Miros and Calders in a 740-lot sale that is expected to generate upwards of $3 million. Amidst the Audubon prints, and French and English 18th and 19th century furniture is a hefty assortment of Louis Vuitton and Goyard luggage, Chanel and Giorgio Armani jackets and Jean Schlumberger-designed jewels. Like many of her favorite artists and designers, Bacall befriended Schlumberger (who got his start making jewelry for Elsa Schiaparelli’s couture collection before linking up with Tiffany & Co.) and he always personally signed her pieces. A signature look was pairing

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