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In 1987 Princess Diana wore the Attallah Cross with a purple formal designed by Catherine Walker
Kim Kardashian is the caller proprietor of a necklace that was worn by Princess Diana.
The Attallah Cross was enactment up for merchantability astatine Sotheby's successful London arsenic portion of its Royal and Noble Sale connected Wednesday.
Four radical competed successful a bidding war, with the US world TV prima winning the auction aft 5 minutes.
The amethyst transverse is simply a 1920s pendant by luxury jewellery decorator Garrard, which Princess Diana wore connected galore occasions.
It was astir famously worn by the princess successful October 1987 astatine the London foundation gala for Birthright, a foundation protecting the quality rights of women during gestation and childbirth.
The cross-shaped pendant features ample amethyst stones, framed by 5.2-carat diamonds.
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Image caption,The Sotheby's pre-sale estimation for the portion was £80,000 to £120,000
It was archetypal bought by businessman Naim Attallah successful the 1980s who, arsenic a effect of his relationship with Diana, loaned it to her respective times implicit galore years. It was his property that enactment the point up for auction.
Reality TV prima Kardashian paid a full of £163,800 for the cross, acold higher than Sotheby's pre-sale estimation of £80,000 to £120,000.
Head of jewellery astatine Sotheby's London Kristian Spofforth said: "Jewellery owned oregon worn by the precocious Princess Diana precise seldom comes connected to the market, particularly a portion specified arsenic the Attallah Cross, which is truthful colourful, bold and distinctive.
"To immoderate extent, this antithetic pendant is symbolic of the princess's increasing self-assurance successful her sartorial and jewellery choices, astatine that peculiar infinitesimal successful her life."
It is not the archetypal historical manner point Kardashian has shown an involvement in.
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Image caption,Kardashian revealed she mislaid 16 pounds (7kg) to acceptable into Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress
At past year's Met Gala, she wore a Marilyn Monroe gown that was loaned to her from Ripley's Believe It oregon Not! museum.
The formal was worn by Monroe during her show of Happy Birthday to US president John F Kennedy successful 1962.
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