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        Lot 11                                                                                     Lot 12
LOT 11.  Midnite blue cocktail dress . Diana wore it in 1989 to Hong Kong. Another Catherine Walker design , it sold for $66,300

Lot 12. A striking rouge and noir color gown designed by Catherine Walker.  In 1995 Diana wore it to a Pavarotti concert. Sold for $36,800.

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              Lot 14 (no Lot 13)                                                                          Lot 15
Lot 14. In 1991 she wore it to  to a film premiere of Hot Shots  without the tiara but wearing a pearl choker. (Above photo)
.Originally Bruce  Oldfield's fabric was polka dots but he changed it at Diana's request to this chiffon shot with silver lame threads. It is owned by Ellen Petho of Michigan who paid $34,500. Fabric is  red chiffon  shot with silver. Oldfield ruched or draped the fabric horizonally from under the bustline to the hips.

Lot 15  This green velvet gown by Victor Edelstein has 3 buttons up the back and was worn for private dinners at Kensington Palace.  . Winning bidder was  Maureen Rorech for $66,300
 
 

Lot 16-Diana wore this gown to a State Banquet for the King and Queen of Malaya, in 1993.
Designed by Catherine Walker it is ivory silk crepe, with draped bodice and straight skirt. Also owned by Maureen Rorech . $51,750.

Lot 17 -Diana wore this  pale green/ivory striped dress to the film Accidental Hero in 1993 and the photographers had a field day capturing it on film. . The designer saw it as casual yet official. It had a thigh-high split and a shoulder revealing bodice . which looked wonderful on the stauesque princess.  Gone were the low heel shoes in deference to her husband's height. Diana donned strappy  Jimmy Choo high heel shoes for the  solo occasion .

Diana wore it to several official dinners as well.  High bid was 34,500.
 
     Lot 18    (before and after redone)                                                     Lot 19
 

Lot 18--Diana first wore this dress on Feb 11 , 1987 in Portugal for a farewell banquet following their 4 day tour there.

Then again, November 14, 1987 on a visit to the Gulf State of Qatar. Out of courtesy she was included in the all male banquet . It then had a high neck and long sleeves, poufed at the shoulder..

Again she wore it in 1987 to dinner in Munich.
For this appearance March 9, 1989 at the Savoy Hotel in London, it had been altered to a strapless gown.  The blue beaded  Catherine Walker design has a short train in back..
This strapless version was also worn on the official visit to Nigeria for a state banquet at the Presidential Palace Yaounde, also in  March 1990.
It was purchased by the Great American Doll Company for $36,800  They auctioned it on Ebay and it was sold to Suzanne King.

Lot 19--Catherine Walker designed this gown for the 1992 India Tour. This pink evening dress with sequins and beads had a look of India about it.  It sold at $61,900 It is owned by Maureen Rorech and is part of her Dresses For Humanity that puts the dress on world-wide exhibition. Currently all Maureen's gowns, are on display at Kensington Palace for a 10 year lease.
 
 
 

She wore it to a state visit to Japan also.

YOU magazine was the high bidder on this one.$75,100.  It was available in miniature on a Franklin Mint Limited to 100 vinyl  Diana doll. Although with far less beading than the original had.

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