Eileen Slocum Americana Estate Auction This Weekend

NEWPORT, RI— This weekend may offer a last chance for some to walk inside the late Newport socialite Eileen Slocum's mansion. It's not a party this time. It's an auction for some memorabilia steeped in history.

A table in front of the Bellevue Avenue home is the place to go Thursday for a shot at buying Colonel H.J. Slocum's original Spanish American War uniforms. His uniforms are just a few of the Americana in the auction. Expect to see pictures of Teddy Roosevelt and Col. Slocum, on horseback, of course; a photograph of the last Russian czar, plus silver and gold bowls and spoons; art, antique Teddy Bears (after President Teddy); antique toys and desk sets, military artifacts and vintage clothes.

Photo Caption: Kelci Nicol0, left, and Breanna Hogan, are handing out auction tickets.

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The auction is at the Harold Brown Villa/Slocum Mansion on Bellevue Avenue and starts Friday, but customers need to pick up tickets in advance. The "numbers for entry to the sale" are being handed out today. Some early birds may have queued up as early as 4 a.m., but the tickets will be passed out until 6 p.m. today. To park inside on Friday, auction goers have to arrive "no later than 7 a.m.," and only 200 cars will be allowed inside. Everybody else has to park on Hazard Avenue. or elsewhere