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1. Lot #198 | Personalized Message Pillow, 2. Lot #196 | Two Needlepoint Pillows, 3. Lot #74 | "Career" Pillow with Book, 4. Lot #193 | "Call Your Mother - She Worries!" Pillow,
13007 S. Western Avenue, Gardena, California 90249
Phone 310-836-1818 | Fax 310-742-0155
February 6, 2026
Two red, green, and brown needlepoint pillows embroidered with the phrases "Lovers Come / Lovers Go / Friends Remain" and "I Need a Man to Spoil Me / Or / I Don't Need a Man At All." Many needlepoint pillows featuring dogs or funny messages decorated Joan Rivers's legendary New York home. The "Lovers Come" pillow can be seen in a room pictured in the coffee table book Joan Rivers Confidential by Melissa Rivers with Scott Currie (New York: Abrams, 2017, p. 261).
Accompanied by the book Joan Rivers Confidential.
Dimensions: Friends Remain Pillow: 9 x 11.5 x 9 inches
Category: Furniture & Home Décor
Provenance: PROVENANCE: From The Estate of Joan Rivers
A green and white needlepoint pillow featuring the quintessentially "Joan Rivers" philosophy: "A career woman / has to look like / a lady, act like / a man, and work / like a dog." Many needlepoint pillows featuring dogs or funny messages decorated Joan Rivers's legendary New York home. This pillow has the same design as one which sat on a love seat (with various stuffed dogs) in Rivers's home, seen in a picture in the book Joan Rivers Confidential by Melissa Rivers and Scott Currie (New York: Abrams, 2017). However, the pillow's text is illegible in the picture.
Accompanied by the book Joan Rivers Confidential.
Dimensions: Green pillow: 11 x 13.25 x 4 inches
Category: Furniture & Home Décor, Books
Provenance: PROVENANCE: From The Estate of Joan Rivers
A needlepoint pillow bearing the phrase "The Princess / Is Not / Receiving Yet," with a string affixed to the top so it can be hung on the door as a "Do Not Disturb" sign. Many needlepoint pillows with witty phrases and aphorisms decorated Rivers's legendary New York home.
Dimensions: 5 x 6.5 x 1.73 inches
Category: Furniture & Home Décor
Provenance: PROVENANCE: From The Estate of Joan Rivers
A blue, green, red, and white needlepoint pillow with a cherry pattern and the phrase "Life / Is Uncertain / Eat Dessert / First." Many needlepoint pillows featuring funny messages decorated Joan Rivers's legendary New York home. The pillow can be seen in Rivers's office in the documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (Break Thru Films, 2010).
Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 3.5 inches
Category: Furniture & Home Décor
Provenance: PROVENANCE: From The Estate of Joan Rivers
A needlepoint pillow featuring the quintessentially Joan Rivers aphorism, "It Is Better To / Be Nouveau Riche / Than Never To / Be Riche At All." Needlepoint throw pillows with clever sayings decorated several rooms in Rivers’s legendary New York home.
Dimensions: 13 x 16.5 x 3.5 inches
Category: Furniture & Home Décor
Provenance: PROVENANCE: From The Estate of Joan Rivers
