Several iconic gowns worn by the late Princess Diana are going up for sale at a Beverly Hills auction.
The precious mementos of the ‘People’s Princess’ are set to go under the hammer at a high-fashion sale conducted by Julien’s Auctions and are estimated to fetch between $60,000 to $100,000.
Of the items up for auction all but one were designed by Diana’s personal couturier and close friend, the late Catherine Walker.
Many of the sales contents come from the June 1997 auction, Dresses from the Collection of Diana, Princess of Wales, which was handled by Christie’s of London, just a month before Diana was tragically killed in a car accident in Paris at the age of 36.
The upcoming December sale also boasts a handwritten letter from Diana, on Kensington Palace stationary, in which she reveals the reason for the original 1997 auction: “The inspiration for this wonderful sale comes from just one person… our son William.”
The auctioneers also plan to sweeten the deal by also selling a slice of wedding cake served at the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge. The frozen slice is expected be snapped up for $1000 to $2000.
The precious mementos of the ‘People’s Princess’ are set to go under the hammer at a high-fashion sale conducted by Julien’s Auctions and are estimated to fetch between $60,000 to $100,000.
Princess Diana wore this pink Catherine Walker gown on two occasions, once at the reopening of the Savoy Theater and again to a performance of La Boheme at the London Coliseum in 1993. The dress is estimated to go for $60,000 to $80,000.
Diana wore this Walker-designed chartreuse gown to a banquet in 1993 thrown by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the ruling monarch of Malaysia. It’s expected fetch between $60,000 and $80,000.
This Zandra Rhodes-created gown, which Diana wore to the Birthright benefit at the London Palladium in 1987, is expected to go for a whopping $100,000 at the auction.
A letter from Diana dated June 1997, written on Kensington Palace stationary, reads: “The inspiration for this wonderful sale comes from just one person… our son William.” The 1997 auction catalogue, featuring the late royal’s signature, is also up for auction.
