Bobby Short piano sells for $132,000

The grand piano of late cabaret singer Bobby Short sold for $132,000 in an auction of his personal effects, auction house Christie’s said.

The piano, a 1971 black lacquer Bechstein kept in Short’s Manhattan apartment, had a pre-sale estimate of $30,000 to $40,000.

A monogrammed Cartier silver ice bucket sold for $18,000 and an Art Deco wrought iron fire screen brought $12,000, the auction house said.

The results of the sale “reinforce the fact that Bobby Short was truly an integral part of New York City’s culture and a man loved by friends and fans around the world,” Cathy Elkies, Christie’s director of special collections, said in a statement.

Short was an institution at the Cafe Carlyle, the Manhattan nightclub at the Carlyle Hotel, where he performed for more than 35 years. He died of leukemia last year at age 80.