THE POSSESSIONS OF TRUMAN CAPOTE
Updated October 28, 2026
| Date | November 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Cornell Auctions, Objects & Trade |
| Location | Bellport, New York, 11713 · more auctions in Bellport |
| Lots | 378 |
| Estimates | $60 – $500,000 |
What's in this auction
378 lots, mostly antiques & furniture (43), fine art & prints (29), pottery, china & glass (22), jewelry & watches (10). 378 lots have photos and 378 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $60–$500,000 across 378 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing November 21, 2026.
Highest-estimated lots
- JAMES WHITNEY FOSBURGH PORTRAIT OF TRUMAN CAPOTE, CIRCA 1958-1959 — est. $100,000–$500,000
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, INSCRIBED BY HARPER LEE TO TRUMAN CAPOTE — est. $20,000–$40,000
- RICHARD AVEDON PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE, SIGNED, NUMBER 50 OF 50 — est. $10,000–$25,000
- RICHARD AVEDON SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE, 1967 — est. $10,000–$25,000
- TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAUL CADMUS DEDICATED DRAWING OF CHAIRS — est. $8,000–$12,000
From the auction house
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In this auction (378 lots)
Categories: Antiques & Furniture (43) · Fine Art & Prints (29) · Pottery, China & Glass (22) · Jewelry & Watches (10) · Toys & Collectibles (5) · Sporting Goods & Outdoors (2)
- Lot 0001 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE FELIX THE CAT WOODEN TOY
- Lot 0002 — MAGGIE'S DOG COLLAR, 21 CLUB TASTEVIN WATER BOWL AND PERSONALIZED PHONE COVER
- Lot 0003 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S CANVAS BULLDOG TOTE
- Lot 0004 — ASHES OF TRUMAN CAPOTE'S DOG, LIKELY MAGGIE, IN A BRONZED HOLDER
- Lot 0005 — FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE HUGGING HIS BULLDOG
- Lot 0006 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE BULLDOG HEAD MATCH CADDY | SPILL VASE
- Lot 0007 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE BLACK FOREST STYLE CARVED BULLDOG WALL POCKET
- Lot 0008 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE DOGS, AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY ARNOLD NEWMAN
- Lot 0009 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S LARGE CHALKWARE BULLDOG, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0010 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BULLDOG FORM PITCHER, AS SEEN IN VOGUE 1965 AND ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0011 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S COLD PAINTED BRONZE POODLE WITH CROWN
- Lot 0012 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S AUSTRIAN COLD PAINTED BRONZE NODDING HEAD BULLDOG
- Lot 0013 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S LATE 19TH CENTURY PORCELAIN PARROT HEAD SNUFF BOX, AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY HORST
- Lot 0014 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE FOLK ART CARVED EAGLE HAT AND COAT RACK, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST
- Lot 0015 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S WHITE PORCELAIN OWL, AS SEEN IN VOGUE 1965 AND ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0016 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S FRANZ BERGMANN VIENNESE COLD-PAINTED BRONZE BIRD FIGURE OF A MAGPIE
- Lot 0017 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S GROUP OF THREE PETITE OWLS
- Lot 0018 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BLOW MOLD GOOSE LAWN ORNAMENT LIGHT
- Lot 0019 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ITALIAN CERAMIC DOVE TRINKET BOX
- Lot 0020 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S CARVED AND SILVERED EAGLE
- Lot 0021 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BRONZE CRANE ON A TURTLE
- Lot 0022 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S AUSTRIAN COLD PAINTED BRONZE BIRD SPILL VASE | MATCH CADDY
- Lot 0023 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S AUSTRIAN OWL FORM BEER STEIN, AS SEEN IN HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 1969
- Lot 0024 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE CAST IRON RABBIT (1 OF 2)
- Lot 0025 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE CAST IRON RABBIT (2 OF 2)
- Lot 0026 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF CHINESE SHIWAN FLAMBE RABBITS, BEQUEATHED BY MINNIE ASTOR FOSBURGH
- Lot 0027 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S TWO ITALIAN LIDDED RABBIT FORM CERAMIC DISHES
- Lot 0028 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S JAPANESE GILT BRONZE RABBIT, POSSIBLY MEIJI
- Lot 0029 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S LOT OF EIGHTEEN VINTAGE ANIMAL TOYS AND FIGURINES
- Lot 0030 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE RABBIT IN CABBAGE AUTOMATON, ATTRIBUTED TO ROULLET & DECAMPS
- Lot 0031 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S LARGE CARVED WOOD RECUMBENT CAT
- Lot 0032 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S JACK DUNPHY CAT PAINTING ON CRATE BOARD WITH STUFFED CAT ORNAMENT
- Lot 0033 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S CERAMIC LEOPARD HEAD ASHTRAY, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0034 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S GROUP OF FIVE CAT TRINKET BOXES AND TINS
- Lot 0035 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PLASTER CAT WITH PIPE
- Lot 0036 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE BRONZE CAT AND CAULDRON SPILL VASE | BUD VASE | MATCH CADDY
- Lot 0037 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S COLLECTION OF FIVE TINY CAT FIGURINES
- Lot 0038 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF PORCELAIN SEATED CATS ON CUSHIONS
- Lot 0039 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S TWO ANTIQUE CAST IRON BANKS, A CAT AND A PIG
- Lot 0040 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BERGMANN STYLE COLD PAINTED BRONZE FROG INKWELL, AS SEEN IN HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 1969
- Lot 0041 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PATINATED BRONZE FROG COMPOTE
- Lot 0042 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S MINIATURE BERGMANN STYLE COLD PAINTED BRONZE FROG WITH CIGAR
- Lot 0043 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF ART NOUVEAU BRONZE FROG CANDLESTICKS
- Lot 0044 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF BRONZED METAL FROG FIGURES
- Lot 0045 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S FOUR TINY GRADUATED PINK MICE TOYS
- Lot 0046 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE YELLOW CAST GLASS BEEHIVE HONEY POT WITH BEES
- Lot 0047 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S THREE CAST METAL MICE WITH CARROT CANDLE HOLDERS
- Lot 0048 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S CARVED WOODEN BOX AND WOOD MICE TOYS
- Lot 0049 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE FULL BODY COPPER PIG FORM WEATHER VANE
- Lot 0050 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S AUSTRIAN BERGMAN STYLE BRONZE BOAR VESTA CASE AND A CUTE PIGGY
- Lot 0051 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE BRASS PIG VESTA CASE MATCH SAFE AND STRIKER
- Lot 0052 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE CERAMIC BOAR, AS SEEN IN VOGUE 1965 AND ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0053 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF ARTICULATED BRASS FISH (1 OF 2), AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0054 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF ARTICULATED BRASS FISH (2 OF 2), AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0055 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S LEATHER PIG FOOTSTOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO DIMITRI OMERSA
- Lot 0056 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S GROUP OF FOUR KUNSTLERSCHUTZ WEST GERMAN MINIATURE FLOCKED ANIMAL TOYS
- Lot 0057 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S COLLECTION OF MINIATURE PIG TOYS AND PIG PINS
- Lot 0058 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S MINIATURE GOLD-TONE PIG STICK PIN
- Lot 0059 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BOAR FORM HAT PIN
- Lot 0060 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S COLLECTION OF MEXICAN FOLK POTTERY ANIMALS
- Lot 0061 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S CARVED WOOD DEER HEAD TROPHY WITH REAL ANTLERS, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0062 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S THREE BRASS AND CERAMIC LION FIGURES
- Lot 0063 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S FOUR CAMBODIAN SILVER ELEPHANT BETEL NUT BOXES
- Lot 0064 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE FOLK ART POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD LION HEAD PLAQUE
- Lot 0065 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF GREEN GLASS TINY MICRO MINIANTURE BULLDOGS
- Lot 0066 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S THREE BRASS OBJECTS, TWO LIZARDS AND A PELICAN BIRD BOTTLE OPENER
- Lot 0067 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S THREE BRASS TURTLES, TWO BEING BOXES
- Lot 0068 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S MIDCENTURY CHROME AND BRASS ANGELFISH SCULPTURE
- Lot 0069 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S WHITE ROSE PAPERWEIGHT, GIVEN TO HIM BY COLETTE IN PARIS 1948
- Lot 0070 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S FIVE MILLEFIORI DESK OBJECTS, FOUR PAPERWEIGHTS AND A CANDLE
- Lot 0071 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BACCARAT OPALINE FLEUR DE LIS PAPERWEIGHT
- Lot 0072 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S TWO MILLEFIORI CASED GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS
- Lot 0073 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S TWO CONTROLLED BUBBLE ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS
- Lot 0074 — RESIN PAPERWEIGHTS HANDMADE BY TRUMAN CAPOTE, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0075 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S THREE HANDMADE ACRYLIC PAPERWEIGHTS, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0076 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S HANDMADE ACRYLIC LILY PAPERWEIGHT, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0077 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S FOUR ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS
- Lot 0078 — IN COLD BLOOD PAPERWEIGHT OF STONES FROM THE CLUTTER FARM, DEDICATED TO TRUMAN CAPOTE
- Lot 0079 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PINK AND WHITE SWIRL ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHT
- Lot 0080 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF LARGE GREEN BULLICANTE PAPERWEIGHTS, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0081 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S TWO MURANO MILLEFIORI GREEN FLORAL PAPERWEIGHTS
- Lot 0082 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S THREE ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS
- Lot 0083 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S TWO GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS, ANGEL AND HEART
- Lot 0084 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BACCARAT CRYSTAL TURTLE
- Lot 0085 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S FOUR GEOMETRIC FACETED PAPERWEIGHTS, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0086 — AVEDON CONTACT SHEET OF TRUMAN CAPOTE, COAT OVER SHOULDER
- Lot 0087 — RICHARD AVEDON PHOTOGRAPH CUT FROM A CONTACT SHEET
- Lot 0088 — RICHARD AVEDON CONTACT SHEET OF TRUMAN CAPOTE
- Lot 0089 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BULLDOG PHOTOGRAPH IN A GILT FRAME
- Lot 0090 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BULLDOG PHOTOGRAPH IN A WHITE WOODEN FRAME
- Lot 0091 — JOHN RAWLINGS PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE WITH THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE (1 OF 2)
- Lot 0092 — JOHN RAWLINGS PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE WITH THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE (2 OF 2)
- Lot 0093 — JOHN RAWLINGS PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE WITH HID BULLDOG FOR VOGUE, 1963
- Lot 0094 — STRIP OF THREE PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHS OF TRUMAN CAPOTE
- Lot 0095 — FRAMED A CHRISTMAS MEMORY LEAF, TRUMAN CAPOTE AND COUSIN SOOK AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
- Lot 0096 — POLAROID OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN A BRITISH POLICE HELMET AND BLACK TIE, IN EMBOSSED FOLIO
- Lot 0097 — PASSPORT SIZED PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE
- Lot 0098 — TOM ZITO SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE, 1983
- Lot 0099 — PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE DANCING, AND SLIM KEITH IN THE BACKGROUND
- Lot 0100 — PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN RUSSIA 1955, PUBLISHED IN GERALD CLARKE'S BIOGRAPHY
- Lot 0101 — DEWEY FAMILY PHOTO INSCRIBED TO TRUMAN CAPOTE, HIDDEN BEHIND A PHOTOGRAPH
- Lot 0102 — NEWSWEEK PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE
- Lot 0103 — LARGE FADED COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE
- Lot 0104 — PHOTOGRAPH OF HARPER LEE
- Lot 0105 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN A KANSAS STORE (8 OF 12)
- Lot 0106 — CHRISTMAS CARD TO TRUMAN CAPOTE FROM GLORIA VANDERBILT AND WYATT COOPER
- Lot 0107 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN A WOOLWORTHS (7 OF 12)
- Lot 0108 — PETER BEARD PHOTOGRAPH OF MICK JAGGER, 1972 ROLLING STONES TOUR
- Lot 0109 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF THE KBI AGENTS ON THE CLUTTER CASE (1 OF 12)
- Lot 0110 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE UNDER A HOWDY SIGN (3 OF 12)
- Lot 0111 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN KANSAS (2 OF 12)
- Lot 0112 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN A CAP (4 OF 12)
- Lot 0113 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE AT THE WHEAT LANDS MOTEL (9 OF 12)
- Lot 0114 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN GARDEN CITY KANSAS (10 OF 12)
- Lot 0115 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE ON A KANSAS ROAD (11 OF 12)
- Lot 0116 — COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE AT SUNSET
- Lot 0117 — PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE ON A BOAT DECK
- Lot 0118 — TWO CONTACT SHEETS OF THE SAGAPONACK HOUSE, PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN
- Lot 0119 — CONTACT SHEET OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN HIS NEW YORK APARTMENT (2 OF 2)
- Lot 0120 — CONTACT SHEET OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN HIS NEW YORK APARTMENT (1 OF 2)
- Lot 0121 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GARDEN CITY COURTHOUSE (5 OF 12)
- Lot 0122 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE AT THE HOLCOMB KANSAS POST OFFICE (6 OF 12)
- Lot 0123 — STEVE SCHAPIRO PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE AT THE CLUTTER HOUSE (12 OF 12)
- Lot 0124 — RICHARD AVEDON PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE, SIGNED, NUMBER 50 OF 50
- Lot 0125 — TORN CONTACT SHEET PRINT OF PORTRAITS OF TRUMAN CAPOTE
- Lot 0126 — PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BROOKLYN WATERFRONT, OCTOBER 1959
- Lot 0127 — JILL KREMENTZ PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE (1 OF 2)
- Lot 0128 — JILL KREMENTZ PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE (2 OF 2)
- Lot 0129 — CHRISTMAS CARD TO TRUMAN CAPOTE FROM GLORIA VANDERBILT AND WYATT COOPER, FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH
- Lot 0130 — FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH ON A CARTIER CARD
- Lot 0131 — KAL WEYNER BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S PROMOTIONAL CONTACT SHEET
- Lot 0132 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S CAST PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE GRASS HARP
- Lot 0133 — VINTAGE PHOTOCOPY OF TRUMAN CAPOTE IN A PEACOCK CHAIR
- Lot 0134 — RICHARD AVEDON SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMAN CAPOTE, 1967
- Lot 0135 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, ARCHED PASSAGEWAYS (4 OF 11)
- Lot 0136 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, COURTYARD AND ARCHWAY (5 OF 11)
- Lot 0137 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, PRIESTS IN THE COURTYARD (6 OF 11)
- Lot 0138 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, FIGURES UNDER TREES (7 OF 11)
- Lot 0139 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, A VILLAGE STREET (8 OF 11)
- Lot 0140 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, A VILLAGER AND A DOMED CHURCH (9 OF 11)
- Lot 0141 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, A TREE AND A WOMAN IN A HOOD (10 OF 11)
- Lot 0142 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, WINDMILL AND A WOMAN IN A HOOD (1 OF 11)
- Lot 0143 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, VILLAGE ALLEYWAYS (2 OF 11)
- Lot 0144 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE, CHURCH COURTYARD AND INTERIOR (11 OF 11)
- Lot 0145 — PAIR OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, PAROS GREECE 497/90, COURTYARD AND INT. WITH THREE WOMEN (3 OF 11)
- Lot 0146 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE SPANISH COLONIAL STYLE CARVED MADONNA
- Lot 0147 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF ANTIQUE BAROQUE STYLE CARVED WOOD CHERUBS
- Lot 0148 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE NEOCLASSICAL POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
- Lot 0149 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S SPANISH COLONIAL STYLE CARVED SANTOS RELIEF SAINT FIGURE
- Lot 0150 — TRUMAN CAPOTE'S EUGEN BORMEL MINIATURE BRONZE GRAND TOUR BUST ON MARBLE PEDESTAL
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