No buyer for dress Diana wore in dance with Travolta
14 December 2019 |
10:22 am
A midnight blue velvet gown that Princess Diana wore when she danced with John Travolta at a 1985 White House state dinner failed to sell at auction on Monday, though two of her other dresses went for above their estimated prices.
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