Barbra Streisand Auctions 400 Personal Items For Charity

[jayanthi mandhalapu]

Barbra Streisand has handed out more than 400 personal items for charity in New York.

The singer has donated items such as performance costumes, paintings, furniture and other collectables. These will be displayed in Newbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland, during September while the sale is scheduled to happen in October.

The earnings from the auction will go for her charity, the Streisand Foundation that is aimed at helping women and children as well as for environmental and political causes.

"What good does it do in storage? Let someone else enjoy it," she said.

"These things, they're not forever. We pass them on and reap the benefits for something important. I'm a collector, so one collects and collects and collects. But now I have enough stuff, so it's a good time to clean the closets," she added.