What are some of the most expensive items ever sold at auction?

People all around the world are drawn to auctions. The idea of what you can get and for what price is both exhilarating and nerve-wracking. Let’s take a look at some of the most expensive items sold at auction over the past decade.

One cannot talk about auctions without mentioning Hollywood. Elizabeth Taylor’s jewellery sold for a large, undisclosed amount, Marie Antoinette's pearl pendant sold for $32 million in 2018, Audrey Hepburn's personal working script from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold for $811,615 in 2018, and the red and black dress Kate Winslet wore in "Titanic" sold for $330,000 in 2012.

According to Darcy Schild and Zoë Ettinger (in Business Insider 2020), in 2017, a crocodile Hermès Birkin bag sold for a record price of $378,074 and a Chinese vase that reportedly spent 50 years in a European woman's country home sold at a Sotheby's auction for $9 million in 2020.

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