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Hollywood Agent Sue Mengers’ Private World

From the 1960s through the 80s, talent agent Sue Mengers was part of the bunch that ruled the Hollywood roost. The client list of the notorious agent, who died late last year, included the likes of  Barbara Steisand, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway and Candace Bergen, and even after Mengers retired in the late 80s, her dinner parties remained one of the hot tickets in town. Next week Bonhams will be offering a two-day sale of her estate, or “private world.”  Leading the mix at the June 11-12 event in Los Angeles is a 17^th/18^th century Chinese altar table, estimated at $20,000-$30,000.