A red jumper decorated with a flock of sheep that is one of the most enduringly recognisable of all the old clothes of Diana, Princess of Wales has sold for $1.1m (£885,000) in New York, making it the most valuable sweater ever sold at auction and setting a record for any article of her clothing, according to Sotheby’s.
The auction house had estimated that the jumper would sell for between $50,000 and $80,000. Given the attention that Diana’s style has enjoyed in recent years, it might have been expected to smash that estimate, but perhaps not by 14 times. It may even have helped that the garment showed signs of wear, with some damage at the cuff.
