'(8 Dec 2009) SHOTLIST London, UK - 8 December 2009 1. Wide shot interior of La Galleria, auction of Audrey Hepburn dresses, accessories, letters 2. Pan from photo on wall to auction 3. Various of audience 4. Wide shot audience 5. Cream dress, one of the lots 6. Auctioneer Kerry Taylor introducing black Chantilly lace dress to auction 7. People on phones taking bids 8. Auctioneer Kerry Taylor taking bids on black lace dress as price rises 9. Audience 10. Woman taking bid on phone 11. Taylor closes bidding on black dress 12. Wide shot audience as hammer goes done 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kerry Taylor, auctioneer \"The estimate was 15-20,000 pounds, and it\'s in beautiful condition, it\'s haute couture by Hubert (Givenchy) and she looked fabulous when she wore it in the film, so that\'s why it made so much.\" 14. Wide auction FILE: Paris, France - 1 December 2009 15. Various of Hepburn\'s dresses on display at preview of sale 16. Taylor talking to group 17. Photo of Hepburn on wall 18. Jacket on stand 19. Pan of evening dresses 20. Dress 21. Striped top, photo of Hepburn on wall STORYLINE A selection of dresses which belonged to the actress Audrey Hepburn was auctioned off in London on Tuesday. More than 35 of Hepburn\'s dresses, as well as belts and hats, and letters to her friend Tanja Star Busmann, went under the hammer with Kerry Taylor Auctions at La Galleria in Pall Mall, London. One dress, a beautiful black lace cocktail dress worn by Hepburn in the film \'How to Steal a Million\', fetched �60,000 (97,700 US dollars), three times the estimate. The hammer fell with the bids at �50,000 (81,427 US dollars) but with the extra charges levied by the auction house the final price was pushed up too the impressive total of �60,000 (97,700 US dollars). The dress was designed by her favourite designer, Hubert de Givenchy, and she wore it in a scene in the Ritz bar in the 1966 film. Another of the lots, an ivory satin bridal gown designed by the Fontana Sisters for her marriage to James Hanson in 1952, was sold for �13,800 (22,474 US dollars). Hepburn, who was just 23 at the time, called off the wedding and asked the Fontana sisters give it \"to someone who could never afford a dress like mine, the most beautiful, poor Italian girl you can find.\" Taylor said that clothes having once belonged to Hepburn, who died in 1993, rarely come to auction and the last two pieces fetched a whopping 1 million US dollars. Most of the lots come from the closets of Tanja Star-Busmann, a longtime friend of the actress. The two met in London when Tanja was 15 years old and Hepburn 20 - just before her career took off. The stunning collection went on display at previews in Sotheby\'s in Paris and New York in the run up to the sale. Star lots include an Yves Saint Laurent empire waisted gown in white cotton that she wore to her son Luca\'s 1970 christening, estimated at 1,500-2,500 pounds (2,485-4,141 US dollars), and an abbreviated, long-sleeve Valentino Haute Couture dress in ivory silk and lace that\'s identical to the one worn by Jacqueline Kennedy at her 1968 wedding to Aristotle Onassis. The collection of couture and accessories raised a total of �268,320 (436,975 US dollars) Half the proceeds from the sale are to go to the Audrey Hepburn Children\'s Fund and UNICEF. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d79edc647f398e4ae5594e06648f4e9e'
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