Princess Diana’s well-known and iconic black sheep sweater bought its highest bid on the Sotheby’s newest Style Icons public sale throughout New York Style Week at bought offered at a whopping $1.1 million.
The transaction set data as essentially the most cash ever spent at public sale for a chunk owned by the late Princess of Wales.
In a 15-minute bidding battle, the sweater went for a complete of $1.143 million, based on a Sotheby’s press launch.
The preliminary bid was $190,000. An estimated worth vary of $50,000 to $80,000 was given for the knit.
The gown shattered the earlier file held by Diana’s aubergine night robe by Victor Edelstein, which made style historical past when it offered for $604,800 in January.
The 1989 Diana-designed robe, which was additionally offered at public sale by Sotheby’s, introduced in 5 instances the pre-estimate.
The famend sweater was set to be auctioned off in June, Sotheby’s revealed.
A month earlier than her royal wedding ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Diana famously donned the outfit with a pair of blue trousers when she was 19 years outdated to see the then-Prince Charles play a polo match in June 1981.
