Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse letters to Tony Bennett offered at auction

[ActualPatient 1,220]

maybe the estate is in debt... which is normal! they've been trying to raise a lot of money.

[HotLikeMexico 4,435]

This is so exploitative. 

[A Very Gaga Holida 20,425]

This is so disturbing/saddening 
“Dear Tony, I’ll always be your tramp” though 

[Catnikko 13,687]

I read Gaga's writing as

"happy birthday

to me

the greatest singer in the world" screaming  

[Jester 6,276]

That ARTPOP promo lmaoo

[Controversiaga 9,242]

Kinda sick 

[MOT 2,643]

No consideration for the privacy of the people who wrote the letters ? They wrote the letters to Tony, not to the whole world. And this is normal ? I don't get it.

[TwistedTeeth 1,621]

It feels like I'm crossing a boundary by reading these. Thankfully they don't have any private details written in them, but these still come off as intimate and cherished. Whatever happens, I hope they're preserved safely because these are beautiful.

[RebeldeFaith 4,555]

The audacity of her to not sign with an "L" 

[tylertremallose 1,353]

Perhaps she agreed for them to be auctioned as she knows it will help his estate? 
im sure she was asked if she wanted them back. 

[Oriane 19,761]

7 hours ago, Jester said:

That ARTPOP promo lmaoo

I can't believe I had to wait until the 3rd page to find this. The ARTPOP one killed me 

OT, I wish at least they asked the celebrities before hand but summer of them are dead...

[Reject False Icons 4,630]

People being dead and their relatives giving away everything they owned for free 

now being famous and instead of giving them away they auction them 

that’s a big culture shock

[hELXIG 41,584]

I hate that these intimate moments are being sold to random rich people to become part of the public. It reminds me how Gaga bought a bunch of Michael's clothing to preserve it because she didn't want it scattered to the winds

As a fan though.. selfishly, it's very warming to see these letters. She really did care for him

[RAMROD 104,086]

This often happens. Even in regular family, like, many of the items you'd find at thrift stores are from somebody who had passed and donated to these shops.

Also, we don't know what the circumstances is. Tony could have instructed his family, or kids, to sell everything, before the disease overwhelmed him. It could be more useful and/or appreciated better by/for his fans than for/by his family. Or other reasons. 

 

With that said, I've tried to bid some of these personal items 

[DISZKO 640]

19 hours ago, Gohan said:

Just... Why?

money