The Colorful Secret Life of Greta Garbo

6:00 AM PST 12/4/2012 by Bronwyn Cosgrave

An estate auction reveals the private icon's love of the color pink, healthy gadgets like a juicer and, yes, many pairs of her signature trousers.

Think of Greta Garbo and "I want to be left alone" -- the line she uttered as an aging ballerina in 1932's Grand Hotel -- springs to mind. But an extraordinary auction Dec. 14 and 15 in Beverly Hills at Juliens Auction House (juliensauctions.com) of 853 possessions amassed by the legendary Swedish beauty reveals that the mysterious, solitary MGM icon had a more whimsical side. Specifically, a pink side, given that the perky shade permeated her extensive wardrobe and lavish Upper East Side apartment in New York.