linen shirt Colin Firth wore as Mr Darcy auctioned for almost 30,000 euros. Auction house had not expected the sum offered: it had expected a maximum of 10,000 British pounds.
Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Bright Foundation, an arts education charity. Other costumes that went under the hammer included a Christian Dior ball gown from the 1950s that Madonna wore in the 1996 film "Evita" Johnny Depp's costume for Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow fetched £24,000.