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05-12-2006, 10:42News / SportsPermalink... an $800,000 dress???
(AP) -- The black Givenchy gown worn by Audrey Hepburn in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold at auction Tuesday for $807,000.
The price, paid by a telephone bidder, was almost six times the highest pre-sale estimate. The iconic garment had been expected to fetch between $98,000 and $138,000 as part of a sale of film and television memorabilia at Christie's auction house in London.
Proceeds from the sale will go to the charity City of Joy Aid, which helps India's poor.
iTunes is currently playing: That Girl Belongs To Yesterday from the album Anthology 1961-1968 by Gene Pitney.
(AP) -- The black Givenchy gown worn by Audrey Hepburn in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold at auction Tuesday for $807,000.
The price, paid by a telephone bidder, was almost six times the highest pre-sale estimate. The iconic garment had been expected to fetch between $98,000 and $138,000 as part of a sale of film and television memorabilia at Christie's auction house in London.
Proceeds from the sale will go to the charity City of Joy Aid, which helps India's poor.
iTunes is currently playing: That Girl Belongs To Yesterday from the album Anthology 1961-1968 by Gene Pitney.
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