{"id":341834,"date":"2025-08-13T18:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341834\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:35:17","slug":"londoners-can-nab-some-fancy-downton-abbey-gear-at-a-london-auction-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341834\/","title":{"rendered":"Londoners can nab some fancy Downton Abbey gear at a London auction next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 15 years of high drama, seismic historical events, love affairs, births, deaths and a thousand withering looks from Violet Crawley, the epically popular TV-turned-movie series is coming to an end with Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale\u2026 and everything must go.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the end of the Downton, London\u2019s auction house Bonhams is holding a farewell exhibition and sale of props, costumes and assorted Crawley-bilia. <br \/>The sale runs online at <a href=\"http:\/\/bonhams.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">bonhams.com<\/a> from August 18 to September 16. The free exhibition will run simultaneously at the auctioneer\u2019s Knightsbridge HQ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Catalogue items include everything from Lady Mary\u2019s (Michelle Dockery) wedding dress (estimated price \u00a33-5000) to Lady Rose\u2019s (Lily James) \u2018coming out\u2019 ball gown (\u00a3800-1200).<\/p>\n<p>Bids for a\u00a0copy of the script\u00a0from the first ever episode, signed by the cast,\u00a0will start at \u00a36-800, while a clapperboard from Downton Abbey: A New Era will fetch in excess of \u00a31-1500.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"aac8df19-3f2d-d8f7-a425-4f57174169ca\" class=\"photo lazy inline\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"lazy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755110116_698_image.webp.webp\" alt=\"Downton Abbey\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Photograph: Bonhams\" data-width-class=\"\" data-image-id=\"106306077\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhotograph: Bonhams&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Downton Abbey is an exceptionally well-researched piece of storytelling on aristocratic society in the early 20th\u00a0 century, and the costumes and props show the impressive attention to detail that brought the world to life on screen and making it so beloved by millions across the globe,\u2019 says Bonhams\u2019 Charlie Thomas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Downton production house Carnival Films will be donating its auction proceeds to the charity Together for Short Lives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"4fb4b576-baa8-162f-a3af-f7cb2fdd925c\" class=\"photo lazy inline\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"lazy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755110117_512_image.webp.webp\" alt=\"Downton Abbey\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Photograph: Bonhams\" data-width-class=\"\" data-image-id=\"106306074\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhotograph: Bonhams&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The world of Downton Abbey is beloved around the globe for its rich, timeless storytelling,\u2019 says Carnival CEO Gareth Neame. \u2018These iconic set items hold a special place in that history, and we are proud to see them help support the vital work of Together for Short Lives.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is in cinemas worldwide on Friday, September 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/the-legendary-prince-charles-cinema-is-opening-a-second-venue-in-east-london-081125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The legendary Prince Charles Cinema is planning to open a second venue in east London<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/the-best-period-dramas-of-all-time-to-escape-to-another-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The best\u00a0period dramas ever made<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 15 years of high drama, seismic historical events, love affairs, births, deaths and a thousand withering looks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,61592,393,3063,4884,257,61593,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-341834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-film","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-film","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-news-film","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}