Oprah Winfrey's Chicago auction preview

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Thursday, April 16, 2015
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Oprah Winfrey is getting rid of everything from her Water Tower condo.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Oprah's favorite things are up for auction. Oprah Winfrey is getting rid of everything from her Water Tower condo.

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is handling the auction.

"It's great It's the gamut. We've got inexpensive things, charming dishes, fun things, clothing, mostly worn on her TV show," Hindman said.

A pair of French art nouveau chairs start at $2,000. A Viennese dressing table at $7,000 and an empire fruitwood jardinire for $4,000.

"This valance, quite charming. $100 to $200," Colleen Gleason, director of estates, said.

From Chacel bags to sunglasses and lamps to antique furniture, the collection gives you a peek into this celebrity's Chicago home-life. There are Oprah fashions she wore on the show after her diet, his and her bikes, and more than 70 etchings and paintings.

"This is such an exciting project for us not only do we get to sell wonderful, fascinating property, we get to work with Oprah and her team," Gleason said. "She's such an icon not just in Chicago but internationally speaking. So excited to be able to honor that," Gleason said.

The most expensive item is a Richard Miller painting expected to go for $80,000 to $120,000.

All proceeds after the auction house fees go to Oprah's South African Leadership Academy.

The public preview begins Thursday and runs through April 25. All items are viewable online at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.