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في يونيو 1972، حاول ترومان كابوت إعطاء journaliste جيرالد Clarke ساعة Cartier خلال عرض سينمائي في مانهاتن، لكن Clarke رفض، مما أثار غضب كابوت. Later، Clarke returned the gift, prompting an angry call from Capote. Despite the initial refusal، Clarke became a close friend and received numerous gifts from Capote over the next twelve years, including dog figurines, literary memorabilia, and a large oil painting of a young Capote by James Whitney Fosburgh. recalled that Capote offered the portrait years before his death, but he delayed picking it up for three weeks, eventually retrieving it in a Checker cab, believing Capote gave it to him to avoid being reminded of his younger, troubled self. the painting hung in Clarke’s Bridgehampton, N.

Y., home for decades. After Capote’s death in 1984، passed along additional mementos his longtime partner Jack Dunphy، including correspondence, photographs, decorative items, and house keys. Dunphy died six years later at age 77.

Now, at 89، Clarke is selling most of the collection through Cornell Auctions, based in Bellport, N. Y., on Nov. 21 to get his affairs in order, offering an intimate view into Capote’s professional ambitions and domestic life.

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