Video: Queen Victoria's knickers and stockings went under the hammer
2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00
The lingerie of famous women is invariably of great interest to fetishists. But the items of the toilet of one of the most famous monarchs in Britain are valued primarily by art collectors. The day before, an auction was held in Edinburgh, during which the personal belongings of Queen Victoria were offered to buyers.
The items previously owned by Her Majesty were part of the collection housed in the London mansion of the heirs of Forbes founder Charlie Forbes. The auction included paintings, pieces of furniture and letters, as well as underwear.
For the first time, Queen Victoria's lingerie was put up for auction three years ago. Then the media reported that Her Majesty was indeed a very magnificent lady. In old age, the monarch's waist was about 125 cm.
The latter received special attention from the public. In particular, the white silk pantaloons went under the hammer for 9375 pounds (10.8 thousand euros). The amount paid for the item by an anonymous buyer was three times the estimate, according to Lyon and Turnbull, the auction house that organized the auction.
Two pairs of Queen Victoria's silk stockings, which, according to the tabloids, Her Majesty wore while in mourning for Prince Albert, also set a kind of record - one pair went under the hammer for 5 thousand pounds (5, 8 thousand euros). Before the start of the auction for this item, it was supposed to gain from 500 to 800 pounds.
More than 500 thousand pounds each were sold two paintings from the royal collection called "A Letter for a Landowner" by John Everett Millais and "The Princess Tied to a Tree" by Edward Burne-Jones. More than 145 thousand pounds left a joint portrait of Queen Victoria with her faithful servant John Brown. The painting was a personal 50th birthday gift from Queen Brown, which adds value to the lot, the auction house said.
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