Brigitte Bardot’s 285 belongings beat a €50,000 estimate, fetching €953,531 at Paris auction

French actress and singer Brigitte Bardot's personal items have fetched about €1 million at auction in Paris. The amount is almost 20 times the estimate, according to the auction house Millon. A total of 285 objects, ranging from straw hats, sunglasses and nightgowns to tableware and furniture from Bardot’s homes in Paris and Saint-Tropez, were auctioned, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.Two dog collars, with an ID tag bearing Bardot’s name and a telephone number, estimated at €30 for the pair, were sold for €9,400 to a Russian buyer. A self-portrait fetched nearly €40,000 while the typewriter she used to write an autobiography raised €4,634. Estimated at between €300 and €500, two of her guitars soared to €8,600 and €1,900, while three stuffed toys representing baby seals sold for nearly €2,200.About 3,000 French and international bidders registered for the auction. “Brigitte Bardot has once again proved to be a remarkable alchemist: she transformed about €50,000 in estimates into nearly €1m, including fees,” the auctioneer Alexandre Millon said.Bardot, who died in December 2025 at the age of 91, later transitioned into an animal rights activist in her career. She became famous...