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Audrey Hepburn’s Dress Takes Nearly $100,000 at Auction

LONDON (AP).- The black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in ‘How to Steal a Million’ has sold for nearly $100,000 at auction. Kerry Taylor Auctions says the Chantilly lace dress sold to an anonymous bidder for about $97,700. It was one of 40 items from Hepburn’s wardrobe sold off by her friend Tanja Star-Busmann. The auctioneer said Tuesday’s sale made a total of 268,320 pounds. It says half of the net proceeds will go to The Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund. Audrey Hepburn was not just a film star – she was a major style icon of the 20th Century.