Seven suits belonging to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, including the one worn on the day she was confirmed as Conservative party leader, fetched nearly ($116,000) £73,000 at a London sale on Monday.
The jade green wool outfit worn for her Tory coronation in
February 1975 proved to be the prize lot at the Christie's auction, selling for £25,000 ($39,700) to an
anonymous bidder.
An online bidder in South Korea
The suits are thought
to be the first of Thatcher's clothes to be sold at a public auction.
The divisive leader's
famous handbag which struck fear into the hearts of British ministers during
the former premier's rule sold at a charity auction last year for £25,000.
Thatcher frequently
used the black Asprey bag on important occasions, such as summits with then US
The items formed part
of Christie's "London Sale", a unique auction held to celebrate Queen
Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
