Hepburn's dress sells for £410,000
Hepburn's dress sells for £410,000
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The iconic black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's has fetched £410,000 at auction.
It went for almost six times its £70,000 estimate at Christie's auction house in London.
Hepburn wore the dress for her role as Holly Golightly in the classic 1961 film.
Hepburn emerged from a cab on to New York's Fifth Avenue wearing the elegant black dress in the opening sequence of the movie.
She then peered wistfully into the window of Tiffany's and ate her breakfast from a brown paper bag.
The famous photograph accompanying the film showed Hepburn wearing the dress, designed by Hubert de Givenchy, along with black gloves and pearls.
The dress was auctioned by current owners Monsieur and Madame Lapierre to raise money for their charity, City of Joy Aid, which raises money for India's poor.
There was frenzied bidding in the auction room as the price for the dress rocketed beyond all expectations, and was snapped up by a telephone buyer.
It went for almost six times its £70,000 estimate at Christie's auction house in London.
Hepburn wore the dress for her role as Holly Golightly in the classic 1961 film.
Hepburn emerged from a cab on to New York's Fifth Avenue wearing the elegant black dress in the opening sequence of the movie.
She then peered wistfully into the window of Tiffany's and ate her breakfast from a brown paper bag.
The famous photograph accompanying the film showed Hepburn wearing the dress, designed by Hubert de Givenchy, along with black gloves and pearls.
The dress was auctioned by current owners Monsieur and Madame Lapierre to raise money for their charity, City of Joy Aid, which raises money for India's poor.
There was frenzied bidding in the auction room as the price for the dress rocketed beyond all expectations, and was snapped up by a telephone buyer.
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