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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jamie Grierson and Nadeem Badshah

Colin Firth’s wet shirt from Pride and Prejudice sells for £20,000

Colin Firth emerges from the lake in the 1995 film  Pride and Prejudice
Colin Firth emerges from the lake in the 1995 film Pride and Prejudice. Composite: PA/BBC/Everett/Rex Features

The shirt worn by Colin Firth when he strides across fields dripping wet after a swim in a lake during the TV adaptation of the classic novel Pride and Prejudice has been sold at auction for £20,000 in London.

Cosprop, a costume house founded in 1965 by the Oscar and Bafta-winning designer John Bright, and Kerry Taylor Auctions, auctioned the shirt, which had an estimate of between £7,000 and £10,000, along with more than 60 costumes from film and TV.

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