‘The Crown’ Prop Sales Revealed As High-Profile Auction Fetches $2M
deadline.comA model of Princess Diana‘s personal jaguar, the door to Number 10 Downing Street and two porcelain corgis comprised some of the memorable The Crown props sold at auction last night, which raised more than $2M.
With an appearance from Alex Jennings, who played former King Edward VIII in the first two seasons of the Netflix smash, all of the props that were up for sale sold at the auction, which was held at Bonhams in London.
The majority of proceeds will be donated by The Crown producer Left Bank to fund apprenticeships. The sale of the 473 props landed around £1.7M ($2.15M), which was more than £1M ahead of the pre-sale estimate.
The top-selling prop was the Jaguar used to portray Princess Diana’s personal car, which fetched more than £70,000. Other big hitters included the Downing Street replica door, which Boris Johnson was initially rumored to be considering buying, a reproduction of the coronation chair, the world’s only reproduction of the gold state coach and a funeral procession model that was made by students at the National Film and Television School (NFTS).
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