Picasso ceramics, old masters' works and a famous fur coat are among the pieces from the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg's art collection and personal items that are to be auctioned near Washington this month.
Proceeds from the sale will go to the US capital's Washington National Opera to support an art form close to the Supreme Court justice's heart.
The sale, organised by an auction house in Alexandria, Virginia, will take place on April 27 and 28, and underscores the status of the late judge who was popularly known as "RBG" when she died in September 2020 at the age of 87.
She first rose to prominence in the 1970s as a lawyer, winning several court battles that brought down a host of laws that discriminated against women.
In 1993, nominated by Bill Clinton, she became only the second woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, along with Sandra Day O'Connor.
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In 1993, then Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses in her robe in her office at U.S. District Court in Washington. Earlier, the Senate voted 96-3 to confirm her as the 107th justice and the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, on Sept. 18, 2020, the Supreme Court announced. AP -
Ruth Bader Ginsburg types while on a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in Italy in 1977. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP -
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends the lunch session of The Women's Conference in Long Beach, California October 26, 2010. Reuters -
This image provided by the Supreme Court shows Ruth Bader's engagement photograph, while a senior at Cornell University in December 1953. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP -
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in taking a new family photo with her fellow justices at the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 1, 2017. Reuters -
President Barack Obama hugs Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to delivering his State of the Union address. From left are, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Obama, Justice Ginsburg and Justice Stephen Breyer. AP -
An image of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is projected onto the New York State Civil Supreme Court building in Manhattan after she passed away on September 18, 2020. Reuters -
In this image provided by the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her husband Martin Ginsburg, and their children Jane and James off the coast of St. Thomas in 1979. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP -
This image provided by the Supreme Court shows Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her husband Martin. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP -
In this June 15, 1993, file photo, President Bill Clinton applauds as Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg prepares to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House,after the president announced he would nominate Ginsburg to the Supreme Court. AP -
This image provided by the Supreme Court shows Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her husband Martin and their daughter Jane in 1958. Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, on Sept. 18, 2020, the Supreme Court announced. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP -
In this image provided by the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her husband Martin Ginsburg, pose for a photo in Fort Sill, Okla., when Martin was serving in the U.S. army at Artillery Village at Fort Sill. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP -
This image provided by the Supreme Court shows Ruth Bader, age age 15 in 1948, giving a sermon as the camp rabbi at Che-Na-Wah in Minerva. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP -
This image provided by the Supreme Court, shows Joan Ruth Bader at two-years-old in 1935, at her home in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP
She defended other progressive causes, including the rights of sexual minorities and immigrants.
Through her work, Ginsburg became renowned over the years even among younger generations, who nicknamed her "The Notorious RBG", in reference to the rapper, The Notorious B.I.G.
"RBG" also became known for her dress code consisting of fine-knit gloves, pearl necklace and muslin collars that are now so recognisable that they have become Halloween staples for kids.
Plaques and medals that she was awarded during her long career are among the hundreds of personal items featured in the sale.
In 2016, the audience at Washington's Kennedy Centre gave the judge a standing ovation when she appeared on stage for a small speaking role in an opera.
"The justice was a champion of the arts at large, but nothing came close to her passion for opera. She was a frequent attendee of Washington National Opera events," the company said after Ginsburg's death.
