--- title: Here's How You Can Buy Oprah Winfrey's Used Clothes description: As she shuts down her Chicago operation, Oprah Winfrey is cleaning out her closets and selling 250 items on eBay for charity. authors: - name: Denver Nicks url: https://money.com/author/denver-nicks/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 60 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/DenverNicks - https://plus.google.com/105122198911201917932 former_staff: true published: '2016-03-02T15:39:40.000Z' modified: '2016-03-02T15:39:40.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Auction - Charity - chicago - eBay - Harpo studio - hawaii - O - Oprah - Oprah Winfrey - pubdesk - South Africa - TV word_count: 305 canonical: https://money.com/oprahs-closet-clothing-charity-ebay-auction/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Talk show legend Oprah Winfrey makes her final appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Friday May 15, 2015 on the CBS Television Network.](https://img.money.com/2016/03/160302_em_oprah.jpg?crop=0px%2C29px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85) As Oprah Winfrey says goodbye to her longtime work home in Chicago, she is emptying out the closets at Harpo Studios where she hosted her groundbreaking television program for 25 years. And she has marked 250 of the items in her closet to be put up for [auction at eBay](http://www.ebay.com/rpp/oprah-closet), with the proceeds going to charity. "I just don't need all this intense color, the embellishment, the heels anymore. When you're in front of TV cameras every day, you have to stand out, but I'm in a different place now, and those things no longer serve me," she [told *Glamour*](http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/dressed/2016/02/oprah-closet-pictures). "I was holding on to clothes that were all about a dream I had for myself. I chose them for this idea I'd gotten into my head of how someone like me was supposed to live, but they had nothing to do with my actual life.” Oprah’s closet went on the digital auction block at eBay on Tuesday, March 1, with new items added every day through March 4. Items for sale include a Gianfranco Ferre Red Sheer Tuxedo Shirt, size 46, a Chanel Pink Knit Open Sweater Cardigan w/ Yellow Lace, size 44, and Manolo Blahnik Gold Satin Peep Toe Pump With Crystal Buckle, size 41. Bids on many of Oprah's old sweaters and other tops quickly soared to $300 to $500, with some garments going much higher. A [Badgley Mischka size 16 gown](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Oprah-Winfrey-Badgley-Mischka-Collection-Black-Silver-Sequin-Gown-Size-16-/322017092925?_trkparms=%26rpp_cid%3D568ed3aae4b0579e15bfb140%26rpp_icid%3D568ed313e4b075c0b377e45e) was up to $2,225 as of Wednesday, with five days left to go in the auction. We haven't gone through every item up for auction, but we're guessing her closet doesn't have any Pontiac G6 cars left over from her [historic giveaway back in 2004](http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Oprahs-Entire-Audience-Are-Surprised-with-New-Cars-Video). All proceeds from the auction will go to benefit the [Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls](http://www.owla.co.za/), in South Africa. 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