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Brigitte Bardot auction in Paris fetches nearly €1m, with proceeds going to her animal welfare foundation and her son

Dog collars, guitars, straw hats and self-portraits among the 285 personal belongings put on sale An auction of the French screen legend Brigitte Bardot’s personal items fetched nearly €1m (£858,000, US$1.15m, A$1.61m) in Paris on Monday, almost 20 times the estimate, according…

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