Photos: Inside James Brown's mansion

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Photos: Inside James Brown's mansion

A look at the items in the late legendary musician's Beech Island, S.C., home.

Very few parts of James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion look the same as they did when he died on Christmas Day 2006. The house was plundered for a Christie's auction, but several items remain. Russell Bauknight, the estate's fiduciary, and David Washington, the mansion's groundskeeper, work to keep the mansion and its contents secure.

This lookout tower is part of James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion. While the house was plundered for a Christie's auction, several items still remain, not the least of which is the house. Fiduciary Russell Bauknight and groundskeeper David Washington work to keep the mansion and its contents secure.

The atrium in James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion has a sunken bar in the center, as well as curtained doorways on a few walls of the polygon structure. Very few parts of the mansion look the same as they did when Brown died on Christmas Day 2006.

A chandelier hangs from the ceiling in the foyer of James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion. Very few parts of the house look the same as they did when Brown died on Christmas Day 2006.

The path through the entryway room in James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion leads to this sitting room decorated with couches, a fireplace and a checkered floor. The house was plundered for a Christie's auction, but several items still remain. Russell Bauknight, the estate's fiduciary, and David Washington, the mansion's groundskeeper, work to keep the house and its contents secure.

A package addressed to James Brown sits wrapped under a Christmas tree in the foyer of his Beech Island, S.C., mansion, which is still decorated for the holidays. The house was plundered for a Christie's auction, but several items remain, not the least of which is the house.

Fiduciary Russell Bauknight stands in the foyer of James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion, which is still decorated for the holidays. Bauknight and David Washington, the mansion's groundskeeper, work to keep the house and its contents secure.

A display case containing the original master pressing of James Brown's "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," along with other keepsake items of Brown's, sits in his Beech Island, S.C., mansion. The house was plundered for a Christie's auction, but these items were not auctioned off.

Fiduciary Russell Bauknight can be seen through a display case containing the original master pressing of James Brown's "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," along with other keepsake items of Brown's. Bauknight and groundskeeper David Washington work to keep Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion and its contents secure.

These stickers, which were likely distributed during appearances made by James Brown, can be found tucked away in the corner of a bar in Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion. The house was plundered for a Christie's auction, but several items still remain, not the least of which is the house.

The family Bible sits on a table in the foyer of James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion. The house was plundered for a Christie's auction, but several items still remain.

James Brown's clothing and shoes can still be found in their rightful places at Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion. All of the items have been photographed, tagged and catalogued.

Salon chairs are lined up against a wall along with boxes of hair products, hair dryers, towels, blankets and other supplies in James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion. The house was plundered for a Christie's auction, but several items still remain.

An emblem marks the front of a tour bus that has recently returned to James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion.

A 1941 Lincoln sits in the multi-car garage of James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion estate. Russell Bauknight, the estate's fiduciary, and David Washington, the mansion's groundskeeper, work to keep the house and its contents secure.

Groundskeeper and family friend David Washington works with fiduciary Russell Bauknight to keep James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion and its contents secure.

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Very few parts of James Brown's Beech Island, S.C., mansion look the same as they did when he died on Christmas Day 2006. The house was plundered for a Christie's auction, but several items remain. Russell Bauknight, the estate's fiduciary, and David Washington, the mansion's groundskeeper, work to keep the mansion and its contents secure.

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