Audrey Hepburn mementoes sell for Rs 40 crore at auction

Fans of Hollywood glamour have snapped up mementoes from the collection of the late Audrey Hepburn at a London auction.

Updated on: Sep 28, 2017, 16:49:06 IST

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Fans of Hollywood glamour have snapped up mementoes from the collection of the late Audrey Hepburn at a London auction.

This file photo taken on September 22, 2017 shows a visitor walking during a preview of Audrey Hepburn's personal collection at Christie's auction house in central London. (AFP)

The star’s personal shooting script for Breakfast at Tiffany’s sold for 632,750 pounds ($846,619, Rs 5.5 crore) at Christie’s on Wednesday - seven times its pre-sale estimate and one of many lots that smashed expectations.

This file photo taken on September 22, 2017 shows an employee posing in front of the My Fair Lady, 1964, working script with a reserve price of £30,000 - £50,000 during a preview of Audrey Hepburn's personal collection at Christie's auction house in central London. (AFP)

A Tiffany bangle that was a gift to Hepburn from director Steven Spielberg - inscribed “you are my ‘inspiration’” - sold for 332,750 pounds (Rs 2.9 Crore).

Hepburn’s wardrobe proved a big draw, with a bidder paying 68,750 pounds (Rs 59 lakhs) for a Burberry trench coat. A black satin Givenchy cocktail gown worn during the 1963 film Charade sold for 68,750 pounds.

This file photo taken on September 22, 2017 shows an employee posing in front of a black satin cocktail gown adorned with feathers by Givenchy Couture, with a reserve price of £50,000 - £80,000, during a preview of Audrey Hepburn's personal collection at Christie's auction house in central London. (AFP)

A satin sleep mask which had been expected to fetch up to 150 pounds sold for 6,250 pounds (Rs 5.4 lakhs).

Christie’s said Thursday that the sale fetched a total of 4.6 million pounds ($6.2 million), seven times the pre-sale estimate.

The chic star of Roman Holiday, My Fair Lady and Breakfast at Tiffany’s died in 1993 aged 63.

Hepburn’s sons are selling about 500 items through live and online sales at Christie’s. The online sale runs to October 4.

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