Whitney Houston's attractive personally-owned black cocktail dress by Vicky Tiel, featuring a sheer black chiffon top and sleeves, scrunched chiffon body over shimmering iridescent purple fabric, with a Vicky Tiel Couture label sewn inside, hand-annotated: "Black/Violet, 50% Silk, 50% Rayon, Whitney Houston." In fine condition, with minor wear throughout.
Provenance: Nippy, Inc. Court-Ordered Unpaid Storage Unit Auction, Lot #271, A. J. Willner Auctions, January 9, 2007. Nippy, Inc. was Whitney Houston's New Jersey-based management company once run by her father, John Houston. Accompanied by the original lot tag, a copy of the receipt for the $100 entrance fee for the auction filled out by the original purchaser, a copy of the auction terms and itemized lot list, photo collage and a photo of the newspaper advertisement for the auction.
