Vampire Killing Kit Auctioned
Published October 14th, 2008
A complete and authentic vampire killing kit – made around 1800 and complete with stakes, mirrors, a gun with silver bullets, crosses, a Bible, holy water, candles and even garlic, all housed in a handsome American walnut case with a carved cross on top – sold for $14,850 at the Jimmy Pippen estate sale held Oct. 3-4 in the brand new Natchez Convention Center.
Jimmy Pippen was one of the most legendary interior designers in the South before his recent untimely death at age 53 in Natchez. “Mr. Pippen used both old and new to create tasteful ambiences in some of the finest homes in the Southeastern United States,” said Dwight Stevens of Stevens Auction Company, which conducted the sale. “He was a friend who died too young, and at the top of his game.”
The sale comprised the contents of Mr. Pippen’s stores (Pippen Antiques and Pippen Interiors); items from his personal residence (which he considered a perfect creation and called “Paradise”); the contents of another home (a three-story, 1850s townhouse called “The Orchard” that he restored with spectacular appointments and rented to friends and associates); and treasures from several warehouses.
For more information, or to view the Stevens Auction Company calendar of upcoming sales, visit www.stevensauction.com
