Winery Auction Set for White House Gate Crashers

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White House gate crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi, once drunk on the fame of crashing President Obama's first state dinner in November 2009, are hosting a very sober bankruptcy auction Saturday, a major move to bring normalcy back to their lives.

At noon at their Oasis Vineyards winery in Hume, Virginia just east of the Shenandoah Valley, auctioneers will kick off a day-long sale of wine-making equipment, some 8,000 bottles of vino, trucks, and even corks. A viewing is being held Friday. [Check out photos of Obama behind the scenes.]

The bankruptcy auction ends a long battle over ownership of the vineyard that got tangled in their fame,  capped recently when the blonde Michaele appeared on Bravo's Real Housewives of D.C. But Tareq has said it might mark the beginning of a new stage of their lives that could actually begin by making wine again at the vineyard, which is not up for auction.

The equipment to be sold off by N.T. Arrington Auctions is mostly wine, wine-making equipment and catering goods. The Salahis have suggested that it is in bad condition, but most of it looks fine in the auction house's photos.

Wine makers and booze sellers are expected to flock to the sale. To buy wine, a special ABC license will be required. The auctioneer has also issued a demand that nobody can make bid over $3,000 without first charging their credit card.

[See editorial cartoons about President Obama.]

As proof the couple plans to make a comeback, the Oasis website reveals that they are planning to renovate the facility and renting it out for weddings. "Now taking wedding reservations for 2012 Season," says the site.

They are also using the website to shoot down rumors that the whole winery has gone belly up and is being auctioned off. [See cartoons about the Democrats.]

At one point, the winery was popular and highly ranked, offering sparkling wine for up to $300 a bottle. According to the winery:

"Oasis Winery is a premium boutique winery, rated top 10 in the world, and can be found in select premium locations, such as Relais & Chateuax properties, 5 star hotels, as well as your local wine merchant—and in most instances exclusively available at the winery. The Oasis setting is majestic and breathtaking—the visitors center and vineyards overlook the US National Park/Skyline Drive. Oasis is one of the oldest vineyards in the state, offering visitors both a romantic and comfortable retreat, in addition to facilities to host meetings, lunches, dinners, and special events. The view from the winery is like a mural painted by Mother Nature; its vista sets row after row of vineyards atop gently rolling hills, with a beautiful water fountain centering out of the lake. The entire scene is framed by the majestic mountains towering behind, offering the cool gentle breezes required in Oasis' award-winning viticultural practices."

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Curtis family split over auction

Curtis was an avid art collector and a successful painter in his own right

  Andy Warhol's Some Like It Hot Shoe was the top lot at the auction An auction of property owned by the late actor Tony Curtis has angered his children, who say they were not consulted over the sale.

Among the items sold on Saturday was the star's jacket from Some Like It Hot, which raised $48,000 (£30,405).
A signed print by Andy Warhol fetched $53,125 (£33,652).
The items were sold by Curtis' sixth and last wife, Jill. His daughter Allegra said: "This is not what my dad would have wanted".
The sale, at Julien's Auctions in Beverley Hills, California, made more than $800,000 (£506,760).
It included work by several famous artists, including Warhol, Balthus, Picasso and Chagall, alongside Curtis's own paintings.
Movie memorabilia on sale included the star's Hollywood Walk Of Fame plaque and a dining table he bought from Marlene Dietrich.
Other lots ranged from a Faberge gold and sapphire cigarette case to a rosewood flute given to Curtis by Frank Sinatra.
His children said the artefacts belonged "in a museum".
"Jill Curtis is the only beneficiary of this auction. She did not consult us," Allegra Curtis, daughter of Tony's second wife, actress Christine Kaufmann, told The Hollywood Reporter.
"Jill's even selling off credit cards and driver licenses. She's also selling my dad's letters to Cary Grant, Jerry Lewis, Picasso...
"It's the dissemination of the estate of Tony Curtis. He deserves better."
Darren Julien, who ran the auction, disagreed.
"Tony came to many of our auctions with Jill and said he wanted Julien's to handle his auction after he died," he said.
"I know this is exactly what he wanted."
Curtis was one of Hollywood's most fondly-remembered stars when he died last September, aged 85.
He made more than 120 movies, including Some Like It Hot, Spartacus and The Vikings.
In 1959, he received an Oscar nomination for The Defiant Ones, in which he starred with Sidney Poitier as an escaped racist convict handcuffed to a black escapee.

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