Surprisingly, a right single-shoe belonging to the last queen of France Marie-Antoinette went on auction at the Osenet auction house in Versailles on Sunday.
The ecru-colored shoe in silk and kidskin leather has four superimposed pleated ribbons and a leather sole.
Its heel is 1.85-inch and it is covered in gray patent leather carrying the name of the queen.
The shoe measures 8.86-inches long. It had been passed down through the family of Marie Emilie de La Chapelle, a close friend of Marie-Antoinette’s first chambermaid.
The expected bid of the shoe was expected to go for between 8,000 euros and 10,000 euros, but in the end, it reached 43,750 euros.
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