Auction in London (1988)
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Martin Kamer reports from an auction in London in 1988, where hundreds of haute couture dresses are auctioned off in one weekend. The label is missing on some of the dresses. Martin discovers dresses by Vionnet and Chanel among them. Years later, he can only prove that these dresses can actually be attributed to these fashion designers. He later sells a dress by Gabrielle Chanel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where it still is. Besides Kamer reports on the dust allergy he has suffered from since this auction.
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