While Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
Robert O'Brien agreed to block the sale on Friday, he imposed a $250,000 bond
that Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill would have to pay to get a restraining order
issued. Her attorney, Ronald Palmieri, said the amount is too high and can't be
met. "We won on a legal basis, and the judge took it away from us on an
economic basis," Palmieri said. "That is very sad." Luckinbill
is the daughter of Ball and first husband Desi Arnaz. She sought the return of
some of the items after Susie Morton, the widow of Ball's second husband, Gary
Morton, offered them for sale. Ball and Gary Morton were married until the time
of the actress' death in 1989. He later married Susie Morton. She consigned
several items to Heritage Auction Galleries, including a Rolls-Royce, some of
the couple's love letters, photos and Ball's personal items. The items are
scheduled to go on sale Saturday at an auction being conducted online and in
Beverly Hills, California.
