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Courtesy of Sotheby's via The New York Times
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Cherished remainders of Brooke Astor's luxe life up for auction

Brooke Astor's porcelain pugs will be part of Sotheby's auction of 901 lots of her furnishings, decorative art, fine art and jewelry in September. Proceeds from the auction will support causes Astor championed, like the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Animal Medical Center.