CIRCA 1960

Details

THREE PAIRS OF LEATHER BALLET PUMPS
CIRCA 1960
One pair in burgundy trimmed with red ribbon; one in daffodil yellow with yellow ribbon and one pair in emerald green trimmed with Petersham ribbon

Exhibited

Exhibited 2009, Audrey Hepburn : Una Donna, Lo Stile, Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, Curator Stefania Ricci, Catalogue Number 113.

Special notice

These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

Brought to you by

Adrian Hume-Sayer

ahume-sayer@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2696

Lot Essay

By family tradition, these shoes were acquired from Capezio.

Audrey Hepburn's son Sean remembers 'bundles of these shoes arriving, folded flat, fastened by a rubber band' and he suggests Hepburn may well have bought them en masse from Capezio, when her favourite model was discontinued.

More from Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection

View All