It was time to bid adieu because the farewell public sale of props, costumes, and set items from Downton Abbey at Bonhams New Bond Avenue, London got here to an in depth on September 16. The sale surpassed expectations bringing in a whopping £1,372,300 (roughly $1,850,000) with your entire 267-lot bought.
The sale ran from August 18 by way of September 16 and grossed six occasions the pre-sale estimate, with greater than 15,000 guests in attendance and 4,000 registering to bid on-line.
The highest sale was the Downton Abbey Bell Wall, which fetched £216,300 ($291,000). Further highlights included late actress Maggie Smith’s (Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham) white steel mounted ebonised strolling cane, which bought for £28,180 ($37,900); a late Victorian oak and brass dinner gong from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, which bought for £28,160 ($37,900); and an autographed script of Downton Abbey’s Season 1, Episode 1, which introduced in £24,320 ($32,700), amongst others.
“This was an outstanding public sale, and the unbelievable response from followers, with contributors from throughout 44 international locations, reveals the clear urge for food for auctions of this nature and, with a likewise wonderful end result for The Crown Public sale final 12 months, Bonhams is the go-to public sale home for widespread tradition memorabilia,” Harvey Cammell, Bonham’s world director of valuations and personal collections, mentioned in an announcement.
The acclaimed tv collection ran for six seasons with greater than 120 million viewers tuning in worldwide. Proceeds from the public sale will profit Collectively for Quick Lives, a number one charity that gives care and assist for kids with life-limiting circumstances and their households in the UK.
“I’m delighted that not solely will the props and costumes from the collection be preserved – and hopefully cherished – by their new homeowners, but in addition that they’ve raised a lot cash for our chosen good trigger Collectively for Quick Lives,” added Gareth Neame, government producer and CEO of Carnival Movies, which produced the collection.
