A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND FRENCH PORCELAIN THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979) was the only daughter of Franklyn Laws Hutton, co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Company, the investment banking and brokerage firm. She was also a granddaughter to Frank W. Woolworth, the founder of the successful five-and-dime stores, and niece by marriage to Marjorie Merriweather Post. Dubbed 'the poor little rich girl', Hutton lead a sad but extravagant life, marrying seven times and squandering the nearly $50 million she inherited on her 21st birthday; she was on the verge of bankruptcy at her death. Her assets were liquidated in 1972, much of it sold privately or at auction.