赫本生前服飾倫敦拍賣 拍價大超預期
A collection of dresses worn by film star Audrey Hepburn fetched 268,000 pounds ($437,800) at auction, more than double the pre-sale estimate, organizers said on Wednesday.
More than 40 items from her wardrobe, including dresses worn in her films, were auctioned in London in a sale described by organizers as "the like of which will never be seen again."
The highest price, 60,000 pounds, was paid for a Chantilly lace cocktail gown by Givenchy which Hepburn wore in "How to Steal a Million" in 1966 -- against an estimate of 15,000 to 20,000 pounds.
Givenchy was the designer most closely linked with Hepburn, but also up for auction was the ivory satin bridal gown designed by the Fontana Sisters for her planned marriage to James (later Lord) Hanson, which sold for 13,800 pounds. Hepburn later called off the wedding.
Hepburn, who won an Oscar for her first starring role as a runaway princess in "Roman Holiday," is also known for roles as divergent as cockney Eliza in "My Fair Lady" and a terrorized blind woman in "Wait Until Dark."
The actress, who personified the svelte, chic, minimal European post-war look, became renowned for her perceived purity, innocence and vulnerability, the fashion auctioneer Kerry Taylor said before the sale.
The collection was sold by Tanja Star-Busmann, a life-long friend of Hepburn's, and 50 percent of the net sale proceeds will be donated to The Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund.
Organizers at La Galleria had expected the auction to fetch a total of 100,000 pounds, but in the event it made 268,320.
"Tanja is pleased that all these lovely clothes and accessories that she has treasured for so many years will go to collectors and museums throughout the world," Taylor said in a statement.
Hepburn's clothes do not often come up at auction, despite the actress hating waste.
She died in 1993 at the age of 63.
著名影星奧黛麗•赫本生前穿戴過的服飾日前拍賣，據拍賣組織者本週三介紹，赫本的這些服飾共拍得26.8萬英鎊（43.78萬美元），超過預估價的兩倍。
當天，赫本穿過的40多件衣服在倫敦拍賣，其中包括她在電影裏穿過的禮裙。拍賣主辦方稱類似的拍賣“以後不會再有”。
其中拍得最高價的是赫本在1966年的電影《偷龍轉鳳》中所穿的一件紀梵希尚蒂伊蕾絲雞尾酒禮服，這件禮服的拍價達6萬英鎊，大大超出1.5至2萬英鎊的估價。
紀梵希堪稱赫本的“御用”設計師，不過同時拍賣的還有方塔納姐妹爲赫本設計的象牙色綢緞婚紗，拍得1.38萬英鎊。赫本原打算在與詹姆斯·漢森（後封爵）的婚禮上穿這件婚紗，但後來她取消了婚禮。
赫本憑藉其在《羅馬假日》中飾演的出逃公主一鳴驚人，並獲得奧斯卡獎。她飾演的一些其他的角色也很出名，比如她在《窈窕淑女》中扮演的倫敦貧女伊麗莎和在《盲女驚魂記》中飾演的受到恐嚇的盲女。
服裝拍賣商凱利•泰勒在拍賣前說，奧黛麗·赫本是歐洲戰後女性纖細苗條、時尚簡約形象的化身，以清純、無邪和柔弱的形象聞名世界。
此次拍賣的藏品來自赫本的摯友坦尼婭•斯達•巴斯曼，拍賣淨收入的一半將捐獻給奧黛麗•赫本兒童基金會。
La Galleria拍賣行的組織者原估計這次拍賣的總收入可達10萬英鎊，但結果卻達到26萬8320英鎊。
泰勒在一份聲明中說：“坦尼婭很高興這些她珍藏多年的經典服飾能夠走向世界，爲各地的收藏家和博物館所有。”
赫本的衣服很少拍賣，儘管赫本本人不喜歡浪費。
赫本於1993年去世，享年63歲。
Vocabulary:
divergent: diverging from another or from a standard 相異的
svelte: slender or graceful in figure or outline; slim 體態苗條的，優雅的
proceeds: the amount of money derived from a commercial or fundraising venture; the yield 收益，收入
