Bidder from Oman pays 25000 for Thatcher's wedding dress

12/20/2015 12:58:38 AM

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat-

A bidder from Oman has bought the blue velvet wedding dress of late former British prime Minister Margaret Thatcher which went under the hammer along with other possessions in London on Tuesday.

The dress valued at between 10000 and 15000 went for 25000 (RO14334).

The dress was part of Margaret Thatcher's possessions that were auctioned by Christie's which raised a total of 3.3mn.

A model of an American bald eagle given to Thatcher by close ally and former US president Ronald Reagan fetched the highest price for an individual item at 266500 after a flurry of bidding in person online and by phone. The former British prime minister's famous red ministerial box was the next most expensive item selling for 242500.

The box in which the late Conservative leader would carry confidential documents is one of the most iconic of around 200 of Thatcher's personal belongings offered for sale by Christie's.

The sale of Thatcher's clothes revealed her 'secret passion' for fashion curator Meredith Etherington-Smith said.

Thatcher was the daughter of a seamstress and as a child she and her sister made their own clothes she added. 'When she became the first woman prime minister she used clothes as a way of emphasising her power' Etherington-Smith said.

'Every time there was a photo opportunity she was beautifully dressed immaculately coiffured with a nice handbag and she looked what she was: a powerful person.'

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