A pair of ballet shoes worn by Dame Margot Fonteyn is estimated at £400-600 in Hansons’ June 30 sale in Etwall, Derbyshire.
The pointe shoes were apparently left by Fonteyn after a dancing class in London during the 1950s. They were collected by the vendor’s mother, a Miss Plak, who was working as a jewellery maker and wardrobe mistress for a ballet company at the time.