They decided to sell most of it and donate a portion of the proceeds to abortion funds. On a recent chilly Saturday, a long line formed in front of the Cure Thrift Shop, in the East Village. Inside, shoppers poked through such items as kitchen appliances, picture frames , and a Wii Fit set. A long table held stacks of Philipps’s 2018 memoir, “This Will Only Hurt a Little.” The two-day “divorce sale” had been announced on Vogue.com.
It didn’t sell. “It’s from a ship.” She moved from the “Marc” section of the sale to the “Busy” section . A framed star certificate was propped up on a dresser. “Someone bought me a star at some point,” Philipps said. “I think it was a fan.” She pointed out items from her daughter’s former bedroom. “This was Birdie’s headboard for a minute,” Philipps said. The bed went for three hundred dollars. Philipps looked at an arrangement of housewares—a set of crystal glasses, a Le Creuset saucepan .