The ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Script with Audrey Hepburn’s Turquoise Ink Sold for £600,000

The script for the film ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, owned by Audrey Hepburn’s son, was sold on Wednesday at auction at Christie’s in London for over £600,000, and various personal items of the Hollywood acting icon have so far reached a total price of £4.6 million, the auction house announced.

After the auction at Christie’s in London, which ended on Wednesday at 10 a.m., sales will continue online until October 4.

– All of my mother’s items were in the attic of our home in Switzerland. My mother was not a collector, but she kept some items for sentimental reasons as they reminded her of dear people and events, said Luca Dotti, one of the two sons of the actress who died of cancer in 1993 at the age of 63, to AFP before the auction began.

Among them was a suitcase she used to travel to London in 1948, where she tried her hand at acting, as well as several original scripts for films with her notes. Among them were those for ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ and ‘Charade’ from 1963, in which she starred alongside Cary Grant.

However, the center of interest for auction visitors was Audrey Hepburn’s wardrobe, which is still considered a style icon today. The actress was the muse of fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, with whom she was also personally friends. The auction featured her little black dresses, capri pants, ballet flats in various colors, glasses….

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The record price for a film script was achieved by the one for ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, which was valued at £60,000 to £90,000, and ultimately sold for £632,750. The parts of the script spoken by the film’s main character Holly Golightly (A. Hepburn) were marked by the actress herself in turquoise ink.

The script for the film ‘My Fair Lady’ from 1964 was sold for £206,250, and a Tiffany bracelet from the late 1980s, a gift from director Steven Spielberg engraved with ‘You are forever my inspiration’, fetched a price of £332,750, although it was estimated at €3,000 to €5,000.

The actress’s family has preserved several valuable items that belonged to her. Among them is the Oscar award she won in 1954 for her role in the film ‘Roman Holiday’, in which she starred alongside Gregory Peck.