Top 10 Princess Diana Items That Sold For A Bomb

19 JULY, 2023

Sweta Gupta

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The red sweater worn by Princess Diana is the highlight of Sotheby's online Fashion Icons sale in September, estimated to fetch $50k or Rs 41 lakh. Take a look at the other items that have fetched millions.

THE black sheep sweater

Princess Diana wore the iconic black mini dress at a gala in 1994 after Prince Charles' confession of infidelity. Priced at £900 (Rs 95k), it sold in July 1997 for an astounding £39,098 (Rs 41 lakh), equivalent to Rs 90 lakh today.

1. the revenge dress 

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Princess Diana's letter, where she talked about her marital troubles, sold for £8,750 (Rs 9 lakh) in Feb 2023 at Chiswick Auctions. The single-sheet letter, on a Kensington Palace letterhead, was dated May 11, 1995, and addressed to Mrs Cotton. 

2. Marital Woes letter

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Diana's first car, also called her 'courting car,' which she drove as 19-year-old Diana Spencer, until selling it in June 1981. Prince Charles bought it for £3,495 (Rs 3 lakh) in 1980 and was sold for £6,000 (Rs 6 lakh).

3. red austin mini metro

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Princess Diana made a stunning impression in the Victor Edelstein midnight blue velvet evening gown during a state dinner in 1985. Historic Royal Palaces, the charity managing royal properties, bought the dress for £264,000 Rs 2 crore 43 lakh).

4. velvet travolta gown

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Diana's 'Fly Virgin Atlantic' jumper was a gift from Sir Richard Branson. In 2019, Rivett, Diana's trainer, sold the sweatshirt through RR Auctions in Boston, and it fetched an astounding £42,760 (Rs 45 lakh).

5. virgin atlantic sweatshirt

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Diana wore the stunning Swan Lake Suite necklace with 178 diamonds and five matching 12 mm South Sea pearls in June 1997, her final official engagement before her death. It sold for $632,000 (Rs 5 crore) in 2010.

6. swan lake jewellery set

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Lady Diana Spencer received a silver Ford Escort from Charles as an engagement present in May 1981. In June 2021, the car was sold at an online auction to a telephone bidder for £52,640 (Rs 56 lakh).

7. silver ford escort

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The iconic purple evening gown with a tulip-shaped skirt was worn by Princess Diana for a royal portrait in 1991. Designed for Edelstein's Autumn 1989 collection, the gown fetched an astonishing £488,150 (Rs 55 lakh).

8. purple ball gown

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Kim Kardashian purchased the treasured purple amethyst-and-diamond-encrusted Attallah cross pendant, previously worn by Princess Diana in 1987, for £163,800 at a Sotheby's auction.

9. cross necklace

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Diana owned several bespoke gowns by designer Bruce Oldfield, including the scarlet dress worn to the premiere of Hot Shots! in November 1991. The scarlet dress is expected to sell for £160,000-£320,000 at Julien's Auction.

10. scarlet bruce oldfield