Debbie spent 40 years unsuccessfully trying to find a permanent home for the collection. She finally began selling it off around 2010 because she could no longer afford the huge storage bill.
The sad thing is that just about at this time, poor Debbie was finding out that Harry Karl had gambled away all of her money AND his.....so she really had no "means" and could have used a gift or two...... Many of the movie stars husbands of that era stole the wives money.....Doris Day, Esther Williams, Debbie Reynolds......
