Since learning about the passing of 104-year-old NYC heiress Huguette Clark on Tuesday, I have been fascinated by the story of her life. (That is her on the right with her sister and father in 1917.) She is the last surviving heir of a gilded age copper baron and she left a fortune of billions with no descendants. She lived as a recluse and loved collecting dolls. She had three mansions, but hadn’t visited two of them in decades. So intriguing!!

Inspired by Huguette’s strange and incredible life, I picked some gilded-age-style vintage and handmade items from Etsy that I think she may have liked…

Did you hear about Huguette’s passing? Were you as intrigued as I was about her one-of-a-kind life?