02 November 2011

Queen Victoria's bloomers sold

As reported by the BBC, the Forbes family have sold a pair of Queen Victoria's bloomers in an auction at Edinburgh:
A large pair of silk bloomers that belonged to Queen Victoria have sold for more than three times their original estimate. The undergarment, auctioned alongside hundreds of other royal artefacts, sold for £9,735.

Two pairs of silk stockings worn by Britain's longest serving monarch also went under the hammer in Edinburgh - one pair selling for more than £5,000.
They appear to be rather smaller than the "supersize" undergarments (waistline 74-105 inches) currently marked in the United States.

7 comments:

  1. cheryllynnNovember 3, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    Unbelievable.

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  2. gbradleyNovember 3, 2011 at 7:16 AM

    So that's why she was the Virgin Queen

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  3. AnonymousNovember 3, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    $20,000 for a pair of antique knickers. What was that PT Barnum said about suckers?

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  4. MinnesotastanNovember 3, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    um... gbradley... these are Victoria's knickers, not Elizabeth's. Victoria had nine children.

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  5. bigjohn756November 3, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    I still think they'd make a lot more money if they were to auction some of Pippa's underwear.

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  6. gbradleyNovember 3, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    Oh yeah, wrong Monarch.
    There goes a feeble attempt at Humor
    :-)

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  7. Erin O'BrienNovember 4, 2011 at 3:07 AM

    Good lord.

    Will someone be seated before a glowing screen 200 or 300 years from now, viewing a photo of my underwear?

    Wonder what a pair of erin undies will go for in the future.

    eek!

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