In the Succession series, which follows the trials and tribulations of an ultra-rich family, the character of Bridget wore a Burberry bag with a relatively eye-catching plaid pattern and importantly in a tote format believed to be ” ridiculously spacious » by Tom Wambsgans. The accessory therefore crystallized the class difference between the nouveau riche and the rich heirs, embodied by the clash between new money AND old money. Here you are the accessory worn in the fiction was sold at auction in real life for 18,750 dollars (or approximately 17,125 euros).
This probate auction generated $627,825
It was a sale held by Heritage Auctions in the United States on January 13, 2024. This house offered more than 200 props and costumes from the series Succession produced by HBO. Other lots included the scorpion paperweight given by Wambsgans to his wife Shiv Roy, which sold for $10,000, as well as the fake sausages used in Logan Roy’s “Boar on the Ground” hazing game, which sold for $5,250.
But the jackpot goes to Roman Roy stickers for his father’s eulogy: $25,000 for four Bristol stickers. In total, the sale raised $627,825, which will be split between HBO and Heritage Auctions.
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