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Christie’s announces the sale of the Daphne Guinness Collection to benefit the Isabella Blow Foundation

SOUTH KENSINGTON.- Christie’s announced the single-owner evening auction of The Daphne Guinness Collection; Sold to Benefit the Isabella Blow Foundation which will take place on 27 June 2012 at Christie’s South Kensington saleroom, 85 Old Brompton Road. The contents of the sale will be on public exhibition at Christie’s from 23 to 27 June 2012. The most glamorous summer event in the London fashion calendar, the auction and pre-sale exhibition of The Daphne Guinness Collection will include 100 pieces from the personal wardrobe of fashion’s most contemporary cutting-edge muse. Effortlessly fusing the classic and the avant-garde, the Honorable Daphne Guinness has made a name for herself not only for her outgoing style, but also as a designer, artist, model and collector of haute couture. Having famously bought the collection of the late Isabella Blow