From carriages and corgis to revenge dress!
Want to own a little piece of Windsor history? Everyone wants that! Anyway, the real royal heirlooms are generally well stored and guarded at the palace. However, you can get your hands on the next best thing through an upcoming auction: costumes, set pieces, and other props from The Crown!
Auction
You read that right: the costume and set team of the iconic Netflix series is sweeping through their archives and putting a large number of props up for sale. In total there are approximately 450 pieces that have been shown in the series. Auction house Bonhams can manage this mega sale.
Costumes and sets
This is not about a selection of small items that were on screen for a fraction of a second on the body of an extra. No: during the auction, the replica of the Golden State Coach and the Coronation Chair will go under the hammer, among other things. If you still have room in the garage or at the dining room table: The carriage should fetch around thirty to fifty thousand pounds, and the coronation chair is expected to fetch ten to twenty thousand pounds.
No room for complete set pieces? No worries! There are also quite a number of costumes for sale. For example, the outfit that Claire Foy wore as Queen Elizabeth at her coronation will be auctioned, the blue engagement outfit of Diana, then played by Emma Corrin, will go on sale (engagement ring sold separately, with an estimated value between two thousand and three thousand pounds ), and….
…The iconic revenge dress, which the team recreated especially for actress Elizabeth Debicki. How iconic do you want it to be? Furthermore, the door of 10 Downing Street and a set of corgi figurines are also being sold. A complete overview can be found on the Bonhams website.
In a short trailer, some of the creatives behind the series talk about all the time and energy they put into bringing the smallest details to life:
Exhibition
If you have your credit card ready right away, we will have to wait a little longer until that time comes. The various pieces will go under the hammer online between January 30 and February 8 next year, and another sale will take place on location in London on February 7.
If your pockets are not deep enough to bag such a coveted replica, the items will be exhibited in various places prior to the auction. Fortunately, admiring it up close is an option!
Source: Tatler, Bomhams | Image: Netflix, The Crown
