Marie Antoinette's silk shoes sold at auction yesterday for €50,000! Holy cow! That was five times the expected amount. You can view the
auction catalog here. There is also a
video here of the shoes on the auction block and the reactions of a few people to the sale. The story is that the shoes given as a gift to the queen's manservant, Alexandre-Bernard Ju-Des-Retz who passed them on to his descendants.
A nice close up view of these gorgeous little shoes. I love the little green and white silk ribbon bows, don't you?
Here's another look at that pretty pink dress fragment. This is the image provided in the auction catalog.
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| Marie Antoinette's silk dress fragment - Source |
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Beautiful photos of the shoes. I'm glad to see they have such low heels!
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