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Silk Shoe That Belonged to French Queen Marie-Antoinette Fetches Rs 38 Lakh at Auction
News 18A white-shoe made of silk and goat leather that belonged to Marie-Antoinette, France’s last queen before the 1789 revolution, sold for 43,750 euros on Sunday, the auctioneers said. The 22.5 centimetre-long, heeled shoe, roughly equivalent to a European size 36, is adorned with four ribbons and in good condition, apart from the slight wearing of the silk, the Osenat auction house said. The sale took place in Versailles, the town west of Paris that was once home to France’s royal court and where from her arrival at the age of 15 Marie-Antoinette enjoyed a lavish lifestyle. Last year an exhibition at the Conciergerie, the former Paris prison where she was incarcerated before execution, retraced changes in the representation of the country’s last queen through paintings, mangas, films and even Barbie dolls.
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After Mirror, Marie Antoinette's Silk Shoe to Go Up for Auction with Starting Price at Rs 88,000
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