Chef Barbara Lynch will host an estate sale at her Gloucester home

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News of the property’s sale comes weeks after the city of Boston filed a lawsuit against the chef over unpaid taxes.

Chef Barbara Lynch is selling many of her possessions from her Gloucester home in an estate sale Saturday, according to a Massachusetts-based estate sales group.

Best Rate Cleanouts & Estate Sales posted online information about their upcoming estate sale, which took place at their village home in Annisquam from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m

You can win, among other things, antique furniture, cookbooks and cooking aprons.

There are also numerous works of art for sale by artists such as Clint Baclawski, lithographs by Henri Matisse and Harry Gage, and designer clothing from Alexander McQueen and Vera Wang.

“You won’t want to miss this fantastic estate sale,” the listing said. “As with all of our sales, everything is at retail price, meaning good deals for you!”

The earliest arriving potential buyer will be asked to complete a registration form and is advised not to leave or risk losing their place in the queue. Entry numbers are issued at 7 a.m. and doors open at 9 a.m. at the earliest

The address will be available online at 10pm on Friday and interested buyers are advised not to arrive at the property and begin registration until after midnight on the day of the sale “out of respect for our customers and their neighbors”.

News of Lynch’s estate sale at the Gloucester home she moved to from her native South Boston in 2016 comes weeks after the city of Boston filed a lawsuit against the celebrated chef over $1.7 million in unpaid property taxes .

Earlier this year it closed Menton, Sportello and Drink and announced it would sell Butcher Shop and Stir. Rudder in Gloucester, Lynch’s first new restaurant in more than a decade, also closed in October after opening in 2023.

On the same day that The Rudder unexpectedly closed, Lynch announced that her remaining restaurants—only No. 9 Park and B&G Oysters – would close at the end of the year.

In a statement, she blamed the pandemic and the “many difficulties” for these closures. But recently, Lynch’s career has undergone significant upheaval. Last year she was accused of promoting a toxic workplace and is currently being sued by former employees for allegedly withholding tips. Lynch has denied both allegations.

The recent news about Lynch’s business marks the end of a decades-long restaurant empire built in Boston. Throughout her career, Lynch has received multiple James Beard Award nominations and awards, been named one of America’s Best Chefs by multiple publications, and revolutionized the restaurant industry with her Boston concepts. Opened in 1998, No. 9 Park in Beacon Hill gave her a name in the restaurant industry in Boston and beyond.

Katelyn Umholtz

Food and restaurant reporter

Katelyn Umholtz covers food and restaurants for Boston.com. Katelyn is also the author of The Dish, a weekly food newsletter.