
FILE -- Bunny Mellon at her 4,000 acre estate, Oak Spring Farms, in Upperville, Va., May 18, 1982. Thousands of objects from the estate of Mellon, who died March 17, 2014 at the age of 103, are set to go on the auction block beginning Thursday evening, Nov. 20, 2014 at the second in a series of sales to benefit a horticultural library and foundation Ms. Mellon created. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times) *** Local Caption *** 00872710