We hold live auctions. Our fine specialist sales include rare antique garments right through to Street Style by designers such as Emillio Pucci, Ossie Clark, Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin and Vivienne Westwood to sublime Couture confections by Dior, Chanel and Vionnet. Fine Vintage Auctions, Fine Vintage fashion,Vintage fashion, Vintage fashion.
We hold live auctions. Our fine specialist sales include rare antique garments right through to Street Style by designers such as Emillio Pucci, Ossie Clark, Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin and Vivienne Westwood to sublime Couture confections by Dior, Chanel and Vionnet. Accessories sold include shoes, gloves, hats, fans, bags and costume jewellery. The textiles included are wide ranging including lace, linens, quilts, embroided pictures from the 17th to the 19th century centuries, embroided samplers, Paisley, Kashmir and Norwich shawls, Oriental and European textiles, fine vintage, antique fashion plates, literature and fabric swatch books.
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LOT NUMBER: 291
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Passion for Fashion & Fine Textiles including an Important Audrey Hepburn Collection |
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Item Description: |
| Seven letters, a postcard and a telegram from Audrey Hepburn to Tanja Star Busmann (Countess Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff), 1st November 1950- October 1958, including: 1st November 1950 from 65 South Audley St where Audrey mentions `a new show which opens on Monday at Ciro's. Yes I only have another three weeks to go before I start on Young Wives Tale, am so thrilled Tanja as it will be my first real part in movies...on Tuesday I am going shopping for my clothes, they pay for everything so I am going shopping with our wardrobe mistress for my clothes, they pay for everything so I get a real kick out of choosing things'; 5th March, 1951 `Am well away rehearsing for a new picture, an Ealing comedy...Am awfully thrilled at getting the part and it's wonderful to have a job again';.New York, October 22, 1951- on the subject of her love of ice-cream, her opinion of Americans and her concerns over her opening in Gigi on Broadway; New York, 2nd December 1951- the opening of the show `And what a night it was, you should have seen old Hepburn in the midst of congratulations, flowers and photographers and we have a success!.'; others giving Tanja career advice, congratulating her on her engagement and agreeing to be a godmother; and two letters from Audrey's mother describing Audrey's filiming of Roman Holiday with Gregory Peck, 1952 and another dated 1953 describing Audrey's life in America at the time of making Sabrina, (11) |
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| Low Estimate |
£ 1000 |
High Estimate |
£ 1500 |
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We hold live auctions. Our fine specialist sales include rare antique garments right through to Street Style by designers such as Emillio Pucci, Ossie Clark, Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin and Vivienne Westwood to sublime Couture confections by Dior, Chanel and Vionnet. Fine Vintage Auctions, Fine Vintage,Vintage fashion, Vintage fashion.
We hold live auctions. Our fine specialist sales include rare antique garments right through to Street Style by designers such as Emillio Pucci, Ossie Clark, Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin and Vivienne Westwood to sublime Couture confections by Dior, Chanel and Vionnet. Accessories sold include shoes, gloves, hats, fans, bags and costume jewellery. The textiles included are wide ranging including lace, linens, quilts, embroided pictures from the 17th to the 19th century centuries, embroided samplers, Paisley, Kashmir and Norwich shawls, Oriental and European textiles, fine vintage, antique fashion plates, literature and fabric swatch books.