Clare Foy as Queen Elizabeth wearing a bespoke teal dress available to buy at The Crown Auction at Bonhams on February 7, 2024.Photo:Netflix; Courtesy of Bonhams
Netflix; Courtesy of Bonhams
With 450 costumes, set pieces and props from all six seasons of the award-winning show up for sale atThe CrownAuction at Bonhams, including a replica ofQueen Elizabeth’s coronation outfit, the world’s only reproduction of the Gold State Coach and a vintage Jaguar car. However, it’s a piece of furniture with symbolic meaning that seems to be proving popular.
An antique bureau first seen in season 2 withClaire Foyplaying Queen Elizabeth is one of the few lots in the online auction that has exceeded its estimated value.
“The Queen’s desk has a lot of bids at the moment,” Meg Randell, Head of Designer Handbags and Fashion at Bonhams tells PEOPLE exclusively. “It’s obviously captured the imagination somehow.”
A parquetry and gilt metal mounted cylinder bureau in the Louis XVI style as seen in The Crown.Courtesy of Bonhams
Courtesy of Bonhams
Described as a “parquetry and gilt metal mounted cylinder bureau in the Louis XVI style,” the bureau comes complete with a pull-out writing surface and includes various props such as a pair of urns, a desk lamp, photograph frames (one featuring horses and another a lakeside view) and a blotter. With an estimate of $2,548 to $3,823, the bureau is currently at $4,078.
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And it’s not just members of the public who have popped in to take a look at the 450 items unique items display.
“Some of the crew have been to see it, and they’ve been really excited to see everything together,” reveals Randell. “We had a couple of girls who were extras and they came in with their parents, which was really nice.”
“The level of detail with the outfits is extraordinary. They have been hand-embroidered, hand-finished it to the same level as the original, and they are complete one-offs,” says Randell, who visited Elstree Studios before the show wrapped and saw the seamstresses at work. “There were just rows and rows of these amazing craftspeople making the outfits. It was like an atelier.”
A pair of porcelain corgis for sale as part of The Crown Auction at Bonhams.Courtesy of Bonhams
The online auction, which features approximately 300 lots and ends on February 8, runs alongside the live auction on February 7, where 150 lots will go under the hammer at an event predicted to last for several hours. The combined sales will establish the Left Bank Pictures –The CrownScholarship Programme at the National Film and Television School, which has training sites all over the U.K.
source: people.com
