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00:00 It was the black sheep amid rows of white that stood out most prominently on Princess

00:08 Diana's bright red sweater in 1981.

00:12 Decades after her death, the iconic fashion item sold for $1.14 million in New York this

00:18 week is breaking auction records.

00:22 The princess, then Lady Diana Spencer, was widely popular with the general public, but

00:27 regularly hounded by Britain's tabloid media during her life.

00:32 She caused a stir when she first donned the distinctive woolly item ahead of her marriage

00:37 to Charles, now King Charles III.

00:40 The sweater, now known in the British press as the Black Sheep Jumper, sold to an unidentified

00:46 bidder for $1.14 million at Sotheby's auction house in New York during its inaugural fashion

00:53 icons auction late Thursday, massively beating pre-auction estimates of $80,000.

01:00 The sale established a new auction record for any article of clothing worn by the late

01:05 princess, as well as the most valuable sweater ever sold at an auction, Sotheby's said in

01:11 a statement.

01:12 It ousted the previous record for a sweater, a green cardigan belonging to musician Kurt

01:17 Cobain, which was sold for $334,000 in 2019.

01:23 Diana's sweater garnered a total of 44 bids from 12 countries, culminating in a final

01:29 frenzy after a 15-minute bidding battle, the auction house said.

01:33 It was worn as she attended one of Charles' polo matches when she was 19.

01:38 The auction lot included two official letters sent from Buckingham Palace in 1981 to the

01:43 small London design company Warm and Wonderful, politely explaining that the jumper had a

01:48 damaged cuff and requesting a repair or replacement.

01:53 The company's co-founder Joanna Osborne and Sally Mir sent a new replacement sweater that

01:58 Diana wore again in 1983 to another polo match.

02:02 The damaged original was found by Osborne in a small wine box in an attic this year,

02:07 Sotheby's said.

02:08 They subsequently confirmed it to be the original sheep jumper worn by Princess Diana over 40

02:13 years ago and it went on sale.

02:17 Diana's amethyst and diamond Attila Cross necklace sold at auction in January for $197,453

02:26 to reality TV star Kim Kardashian.

02:28 Her Infanta-style ball gown was also sold at Sotheby's New York this year for $604,800.

02:37 The princess' black 1985 Ford Escort RS turbo car, in which she was often photographed driving

02:43 around London's Chelsea and Kensington neighbourhoods, was sold last year for $764,000.

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