Passion for Fashion & Ballet

Passion for Fashion & Ballet

Lot: 1 to 242 - 6th Dec, 2022 9:30 GMT+1/BST
Lot: 243 to 425 - 6th Dec, 2022 14:00 GMT+1/BST

Catalogue: Download PDF catalogue
Lots: 429

We have saved the best for last: our final sale of 2022 is ‘all killer no filler’! We begin with a decadent luxury chapter, perfect for the ultimate Christmas gift shopping: handbags from Hermès & Chanel, costume jewellery - and for the person who has everything, a Chanel rugby ball!

Highlights for history lovers include an exceptional silk caraco à la 'Pierrot' jacket, embroidered 'petticoat', circa 1790, and a rare pair of men’s ‘Moschettos’, 1815 – the missing link between 18th-century knee breeches and trousers as we regard them today.  Jumping ahead to the 20th century, highlights include outstanding and important haute couture by Balenciaga and Dior (to name just a few), a dazzling Gianni Versace ‘Java Forever' dress from his Autumn-Winter 1989-90 collection and a Thierry Mugler cocktail dress, Autumn-Winter 1986-87, the gold version of which was famously worn by Madonna. We are also lucky enough to have yet more wonderful treasures from the collection of Sandy Schreier.

 

We are honoured to be entrusted with the estate of the late Pamela Rooke, aka Jordan, The High Priestess of Punk. Many of you will remember our legendary sale of her original Punk collection back in 2015. If you were not lucky enough to be able to afford the £22,000 for one of her original 1970s pieces, custom made by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, perhaps you will be lucky enough to acquire an item from her later-worn Westwood wardrobe, with estimates starting at £200.

From punks to prima ballerinas – Jordan was also a great balletomane, of course!

In our ballet section of the sale, we present the diverse archive of John and Roberta Lazzarini, who were responsible for the creation of the Anna Pavlova Museum in London in 1974. The deeply personal collection includes Pavlova’s stage-worn pointe shoes, her ‘Russian’ day dress and sari, both from the early 20s, as well as a plethora of photographs and ephemera. Pavlova’s travels are charted by bouquet ribbons printed with dates and messages from the theatres worldwide where she performed and date from 1904. One of the other most famous dancers ever to leave Russia was Rudolf Nureyev and the Lazzarinis’ collection includes Nureyev photographs, early posters and a signed ballet shoe. Arguably his most famous partner, Margot Fonteyn, is represented by not one, but two of her tutus.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire museum-quality ballet material from the early 1900s to the 1970s.

 

Morning session, lots 1-242, begins at 9.30am GMT. The afternoon session, lots 243-425, will begin at 2pm GMT.

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Lot 1 - A Chanel micro mini quilted velvet bag, 1980s-90s

Sold for £850

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 2 - A Chanel quilted red lambskin leather classic double-flap bag, 1991-94

Sold for £2,000

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 4 - A Chanel quilted red lambskin leather WOC, 2014

Sold for £650

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 5 - A Chanel quilted beige leather classic double-flap bag, 1989-91

Sold for £2,100

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 10 - A Chanel quilted black lambskin leather classic double-flap bag, 1994-96

Sold for £3,000

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 12 - A Chanel summer dress, Spring-Summer 1988

Sold for £700

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 13 - A Chanel couture printed check silk two-piece ensemble, 1970s

Sold for £950

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 16 - A Chanel black and white tweed ensemble, Spring-Summer 2009

Sold for £1,000

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 17 - A Chanel cherry-red bouclé wool suit, Autumn-Winter 1993-94

Sold for £800

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 18 - A Chanel black bouclé wool suit, 1980s

Sold for £1,000

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 20 - A Chanel tweed jacket flecked with golden threads, 2000s

Sold for £500

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 21 - A Chanel bouclé tweed jacket, 1997

Sold for £700

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 22 - A Chanel black knitted-lace dress, circa 2007

Sold for £650

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 23 - A Chanel gold striped taffeta and tulle ballgown, Autumn-Winter 1986-87

Sold for £1,500

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 24 - A Chanel couture black wool cocktail dress, Autumn-Winter 1995-96

Sold for £1,900

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 27 - A Chanel couture finely-goffered silk-chiffon cocktail dress, 1960

Sold for £600

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 28 - A Chanel gold striped taffeta cocktail dress, Autumn-Winter 1986-87

Sold for £650

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 29 - Jerry Hall's Chanel couture crêpe de chine dress, Spring-Summer 1985

Sold for £1,000

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 30 - A Chanel black chiffon evening gown, Spring-Summer 1994

Sold for £420

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 31 - A black chiffon dress, probably Chanel, Autumn-Winter 1983-84

Sold for £280

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 32 - A Chanel woven leather gilt chain belt, Autumn-Winter 1994-95

Sold for £600

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 33 - A Chanel five-strand choker necklace, circa 1980s

Sold for £1,500

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 34 - A Chanel gilt metal charm bracelet, 1980s

Sold for £700

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 35 - A Chanel black resin cuff, Spring 2014

Sold for £350

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 36 - A Chanel gilt chain bracelet, 1983

Sold for £300

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 37 - A Chanel woven leather gilt chain bracelet, 1995

Sold for £320

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 38 - A Chanel bangle, 1995

Sold for £200

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 39 - A Chanel brooch, 2000s

Sold for £340

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 40 - Two pairs of Chanel sunglasses, 2000s

Sold for £100

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 43 - A Christian Dior parure, 1960s

Sold for £1,000

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 43A - A Christian Dior braided gilt chain choker-necklace, 1970

Sold for £700

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 44A - A Christian Dior necklace, 1970

Sold for £400

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 45 - An Hermès Rouge Braise Togo leather Birkin 35, 2002

Sold for £3,000

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 46 - An Hermès gold Swift leather Retourné Kelly 32, 2005

Sold for £3,000

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 47 - An Hermès canvas and natural leather Retourné Kelly 28, 1979

Sold for £3,800

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 48 - An Hermès black Fjord leather Retourné Kelly 32, 1990

Sold for £3,400

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 49 - An Hermès oxblood Box leather Retourné Kelly 32, 1978

Sold for £1,600

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 50 - An Hermès black Box leather Constance, 1988

Sold for £3,000

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 52 - An Hermès canvas and natural leather Herbag, modern

Sold for £380

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 53 - An Hermès canvas and natural leather shoulder bag, 1960s

Sold for £360

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 54 - An Hermès Fonsbelle bag in dark green Box leather, late 1960s

Sold for £300

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 55 - An Hermès giant 'Folklore' printed silk scarf, 2014

Sold for £220

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 56 - Two Hermès printed silk scarves

Sold for £220

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)