March 16--Oprah Winfrey plans to sell antique furniture, paintings and other items from her condominium in Water Tower Place at a public auction April 25.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers on Monday announced the sale, which will be conducted at its Chicago salesroom.
Leslie Hindman said she expects the auction to be one of her most popular in recent history because of Winfrey's fame and longtime connection to Chicago.
"People love Oprah," Hindman said. "There's something for everyone. There's things that are $100 and things up to $100,000."
The auction house said the proceeds from the sale will benefit Winfrey's South African girls school.
Winfrey moved into Water Tower in 1985, five years before Harpo Studios opened to house her syndicated talk show. Harpo Studios helped turn the West Loop into a thriving neighborhood.
In 2011, Winfrey left Chicago to start her own cable network, OWN. Earlier this month, she announced that Harpo Studios would close at the end of the year.
The Water Tower condo is made up of several units she later bought in the 1990s. She listed the 9,625-square-foot home for $7.75 million in January 2014 but took it off the market in October, according to published reports.
Winfrey plans to sell more than 500 items at the auction, mostly things from the apartment, Hindman said. In addition to furniture and artwork, the collection will include china, porcelain, clothing and memorabilia, the auction house said.
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