Hopeful bidders remember influential filmmaker David Lynch at estate auction

By Emma Bowman

Published June 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT

Six months after his death, hundreds of items belonging to filmmaker and writer David Lynch were sold at auction in Beverly Hills this week. Some hopeful bidders there were still processing his death.

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