'Gone with the Wind' dress fetches Sh12.8m at auction

The grey and black dress worn by Vivien Leigh when she played Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 movie classic "Gone with the Wind" has been sold at auction for Sh12.8 million ($137,000). PHOTO | HERITAGE AUCTIONS

What you need to know:

  • According to Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California the embroidered dress went for more than double its starting price of Sh5.6 million ($60,000) on Saturday.
  • The straw hat with green ribbons worn by O'Hara on the day of a picnic at the start of the film fetched Sh5 million ($52,500) and one of her blouses went for Sh3 million ($32,500).

LOS ANGELES,

The grey and black dress worn by Vivien Leigh when she played Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 movie classic "Gone with the Wind" has been sold at auction for Sh12.8 million ($137,000).

According to Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California the embroidered dress went for more than double its starting price of Sh5.6 million ($60,000) on Saturday.

"Gone with the Wind" is a 1936 Civil War-era epic novel by Margaret Mitchell that was then made into the multiple Academy Awards winning movie.

O'Hara's dress was part of an extensive collection of memorabilia from the film gathered by James Tumblin, a former makeup artist from Universal studios.

In all, about 150 items were up for auction.

The straw hat with green ribbons worn by O'Hara on the day of a picnic at the start of the film fetched Sh5 million ($52,500) and one of her blouses went for Sh3 million ($32,500).

Among the other items on sale were a grey suit worn by the character Rhett Butler, played by Clark Gable, which fetched $55,000.