PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

This is an auction to benefit the Whitney Independent Study Program. What subject would you like to teach? “Art history, period. To teach them that art is infinite, that creativity is infinite, and that they can create anything in their lives.” —Lubov Azria “No limitations!” —Max Azria

—Ali Larter

Could you be a good teacher? “I don't think so. I get nervous talking in front of people. Nowadays little children are so smart and with it, I think they’d talk back to me too much. I’d be intimidated.” —Tinsley Mortimer

—Brooklyn Decker

—Dree Hemingway

What would you want to teach? “Self-esteem. I think that’s the most important thing in the world. If you’re very confident and have great self-esteem, you can make it anywhere.” —Lonneke Engel

—Bradley Cooper

Whose estate auction would you want to attend? “Probably Grace Kelly. Honestly, any little knickknack. Something eccentric, like if she had an old ink well—that would be incredible to get.” —Lydia Hearst

—Ivanka Trump

Whose estate auction would you want to attend? “I missed the Yves Saint Laurent auction in Paris. I saw the catalogue and I screamed because I couldn’t go.” —Stacy Bendet

—Lake Bell

—Jason Wu

Whose estate sale auction would you like to attend? “YSL’s estate sale was amazing. Givenchy’s will be better. Valentino’s will be even better. No one lives better than a designer. So it’s got to be a designer.” —Adam Lippes

—Calvin Klein

—Gilles Mendel

Have you ever bought anything at an auction? “I never have. It’s exciting. I thought maybe tonight, but I don't think I could keep up. There are some pretty aggressive bidders here.” —Alexis Bledel

—Gretchen Mol

What's the last piece of art you bought? “Recently I bought two huge pieces of coral reef for my home in L.A.” —Lindsay Price

—Selita Ebanks

What possession could you never auction off? “My dog. Definitely my dog. Her name is Chloe.” —Hilary Rhoda

—Alexandra Richards

What's the last piece of art you bought? “Not counting shoes? I feel like listing hotel-room paintings and seeing if you notice. One is of a happy clown, another is a sailboat entering the horizon. I just want to mess with you and see if you raise an eyebrow.” —Maggie Grace

—Sessilee Lopez

What object could you never give up? “My pillow. It lets me sleep well at night. I don’t even remember where I got it. But it’s really comfortable and I can’t give it up.” —Camilla Belle

—Jessica Joffe

—Byrdie Bell

What's the one possession you'd never auction off? “My husband bought me a pair of emerald-and-pink-diamond drops at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. They’re the same color as my eyes, and he cried when he gave them to me. ” —Melissa George

—Barbara Bush

—Maggie Betts

Whose estate sale would you want to raid? “Elizabeth Taylor has the most amazing jewelry. She has boxes labeled with every gift from every different man. To die for.” —Lisa Anastos

—Adam D. Weinberg

—Gerard Butler

What possession could you never auction off? “A 1985 futuristic black Hutch Trickstar, which was the Holy Grail of BMX bikes in the eighties. I had mine stolen when I was 14, and I beat the hell out of that kid.” —Ryan Humphrey

—Lisa Cant

—Hana Soukupova

What would you do if you had to auction off all of your possessions? “The enlightened part of me wants to think that everything could go.” —Josh Radnor

—Olivia Palermo

What beauty disasters do you see most in summer? “You see a lot of spray-tan and then you see too much bronzer and then you see when the face doesn’t match the body. Even men are starting to look a little orange.” —Olivia Chantecaille

—Rogan Gregory

We just saw you and your girlfriend, Amber Tamblyn, roughhousing. Why? “Oh, she was just mad that I called her out on her go-to thing. I can't say what it is. But now I have nipple twists!” —David Cross

—Raquel Zimmermann

Did you gain any cop skills from playing a cop on The Unusuals? “I now know how to cuff my boyfriend.” —Amber Tamblyn