This ivory silk gown with bodice embellished with silverpaste and glass beads, The Girl who lived in the Tree by Alexander McQueen, Autumn/Winter 2008-9 and a photograph by Mat Collishaw for Harper’s Bazaar, UK 2012, made £85,250, a world record price for the designer at auction.
The auction of the Daphne Guinness Collection made £476,800 at Christie’s, South Kensington, on June 27. This was four times the pre-sale estimate. Sold to benefit the Isabella Blow Foundation the auction offered 102 lots, including a selection of dresses, coats, skirts, tops and jackets belonging to Daphne Guinness, as well as selected photographs and her signature shoes. The top lot was a photograph by Mario Testino for British Vogue. It made £133,250, a new world record price for the photographer at auction.
This Spanish-style white lace dress with black matador jacket by Christian Lacroix made £16,250, a world record price for the designer at auction.
The top dress was an ivory silk tulle empire line gown, The Girl Who Lived In The Tree by Alexander McQueen, Autumn/Winter 2008-9. Sold with a photograph by Mat Collishaw for Harper’s Bazaar UK, May 2012, it made a world record price for the designer at auction of £85,250. There was a record at auction for designer Christian Lacroix whose Spanish style white lace dress with black matador jacket made £16,250. Images courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2012. Click on either one to enlarge it.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for June 11, 2012).