As far as celebrity yard sales auctions go, I must say that I find myself intrigued (altho it is a little sad) that Whitney Houston is putting a bunch of her personal items on the auction block to raise money to pay for unpaid storage fees ... sounds like hubby Bobby Brown has been lax in paying off those bills of hers. I'm not sure who would be interested in buying this crap but ... if Britney Spears' homework can sell then so can these lovely items:

Few people can sing like Whitney Houston. But next week, anyone with some spare cash can dress like the Grammy winner, right down to one of her black velvet bustiers, and croon into one of her microphones. Those items and more than 300 others from a 1999 world tour, including grand pianos, drum kits and a forklift, will be auctioned Tuesday in an effort to cover unpaid storage fees on the gear and clothing, said Jeffrey Campisi, a lawyer for Speed of Sound, a company that has been tending to the equipment. The tour gear, which includes speakers, amplifiers and a vintage barber chair along with designer clothes, has been stored in Irvington since the tour, Campisi said. Speed of Sound went to court in May after not receiving payments from Houston's company, Nippy Inc., for a year. The company is now owed $175,000 to $200,000, Campisi said Wednesday. He couldn't estimate what the auction might bring, but said any excess money will go to Nippy.

Uh ... Whitney Houston's company is called Nippy, Inc.? Um, why? Anyways ... I'm getting off topic ... yeah, so far, all of this junk looks really bad. I think that Tori Spelling even had some better stuff to sell at her yard sale (incidentally, I got Sarah a pair of Tori's socks and a couple of autographed items from the sale). Of these four outfits pictured, only the first one looks like something Whitney wore ... the others look too big. Are they absolutely sure they're selling Whitney Houston's junk and not Kirstie Alley's?