Sotheby’s Auctions Brooke Astor’s Treasures - NYTimes.com

Sotheby’s Auctions Brooke Astor’s Treasures - NYTimes.com: Five years later, after a corrosive battle over her $130 million estate, Sotheby’s will auction 901 lots of furnishings, decorative art, fine art and jewelry on Sept. 24 and 25, to support causes Mrs. Astor championed during her life, like the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Historic Hudson Valley and the Animal Medical Center.