Newport Beach estate stirs worldwide interest

LOS ANGELES – Elizabeth Colyear Vincent's home was in Newport Beach, but her home furnishings were from a different world.

That was clear Sunday as bidders crammed a Sunset Boulevard auction house and feverishly flashed numbered cards, eager to drop princely sums on antiques that once decorated the late philanthropist's Harbor Island mansion.

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