One of the late supreme court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite collars, named The Pegasus, is scheduled for auction.
“The Pegasus limited edition silver metallic bib by Stella & Dot was one of RBG’s favorite collars evoking power and strength with the imagery of battle armor in its layered metal pointed feathers. She chose to wear this collar for the official 2018 supreme court justices photograph, which was also her first day back after recovering from a fall that fractured her ribs,” noted the auction site Potomack Auctions.
The collar will be included in auctions on 20 and 21 September. A portion of the commission from auctioning the item will be donated to the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Endowed Fund for Research in Civil Rights and Gender Equality of the American Bar Foundation.
After Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death at the age of 87 in 2020, the Pegasus collar was featured in a Time Magazine commemorative story. She notably wore the collar in the official 2018 supreme court justices photograph.
Ginsburg was the second woman to sit on the supreme court of the United States and had a storied reputation as a champion of gender equality and women’s rights as an advocate, academic and appeals court judge. Despite telling her granddaughter Clara Spera, before her death, that her “most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed”, Donald Trump selected Amy Coney Barrett to succeed Ginsburg on the court in 2020. Barrett was confirmed by the Senate on 27 October of that year.
Potomack Auctions previously auctioned Ginsburg’s modern art and memorabilia in 2021 for over $1m to benefit the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
