A 40-year-old slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding cake just sold at auction for more than $2,500.
The slice of icing from one of the 23 official wedding cakes made for the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on Wednesday 29th July 1981 has fetched £1,850 at auction.A 40-year-old slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding cake has sold at auction for more than $2,500.
The "large slice" of icing and marzipan, which came from one of 23 official wedding cakes made for the royal wedding in 1981, sold Wednesday for £1,850 plus a 20% buyer's premium at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in Cirencester, England.Weighing around 800 grams , the icing features a sugared Royal Coat of Arms and a small silver horseshoe. It was given to Moyra Smith, an employee of the Queen Mother at Clarence House, whose family sold it to a collector in 2008.
"It appears to be in exactly the same good condition as when originally sold, but we advise against eating it," the auction house said on the lot's sale page.
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Slice of Charles and Diana's 1981 wedding cake sells for 'unexpected' priceA slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana's 1981 wedding has been sold for the 'unexpected' price of £1,850 ($2,565) at auction.
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