The little Givenchy black dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's," the movie that brought her worldwide recognition fetched 410,000 pounds ($800,000) on Tuesday, around seven times its pre-sale estimate. The amount is believed to be a world record for a dress used in a film.
The iconic dress was designed by Hubert de Givenchy and the dress was sold to a telephone bidder from Europe.
Marilyn Monroe's dress which she wore during one of her performances for President Kennedy (when she sang Happy Birthday to him) fetched $1.15 million in 1999.
The dress was being auctioned on behalf of the City of Joy Aid charity which helps underprivileged children in India.
Dominique Lapierre the co-seller said,
There are tears in my eyes. I am absolutely dumbfounded to believe that a piece of cloth which belonged to such a magical actress will now enable me to buy bricks and cement to put the most destitute children in the world into schools.
Hepburn wears one of the black fashion classics as she emerges from a cab onto a deserted, early-morning New York Street and peers through the window of jeweller Tiffany while she eats breakfast from a brown paper bag.
The black dress that was sold at the Christie's auction was one of three different versions of the dress worn by Audrey Hepburn for her role as gamine socialite Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
The two other dresses designed for Audrey Hepburn for Breakfast at Tiffany's are still in existence. One dress remains in the Givenchy archives, while a third black dress is part of a collection in the Museum of Costume in Madrid.
Among the 276 other lots was James Bond's first gun, the Walther PPK used by Sean Connery in 'Dr. No', sold for £54,000.
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