Queen Victoria's Knickers Fetch $14,000 At Auction (PHOTO)

A pair of generously-sized underwear -- granny panties, if we may? -- once belonging to Queen Victoria sold for $14,000 at an Edinburgh auction yesterday.

An anonymous buyer purchased the knee-length panties for 9,375 pounds, or about $14,500, during an auction of items from London's Old Battersea House - the London home of the Forbes family, the American publishing dynasty, reports ABC Australia.

The white underwear are made from "several yards of fine cream silk" and embroidered with the letters VR -- standing for Victoria Regina, reports the Daily Mail. Other items from the house's collection also sold at the auction, including the four-poster bed that Dame Elizabeth slept in with her seventh husband.

Back in 2008, a different pair of Queen Victoria's bloomers sold at an auction for $9,000. Looks like enthusiastic collectors are willing to shell out to own a piece of the original Victoria's secret.

Comments

[No7]

02:32 PM on 11/03/2011

....they deploy 3 of those behind the space shuttle every time it lands...

[mcn4165]

02:26 PM on 11/03/2011

When I saw the Headline that said: Queens underwear sell for hefty amount of money, my first thought was who in the world would pay for a pair of Marcus Bachmanns underwear? Then I read the story to realize the article was discussing a different Queen...

[No7]

02:04 PM on 11/03/2011

......."I see England, I see France, I se Vickis.........

[cbee43]

01:56 PM on 11/03/2011

That is just nasty..I hope they washed them first...

[plewdawg]

01:35 PM on 11/03/2011

I say! A bit of a sticky wicket, hey wot?!

[tomtlbjr7]

01:09 PM on 11/03/2011

You could win the Americas Cup sailin' those babys!

[yovinny100]

12:55 PM on 11/03/2011

Was that actually the Royal Bloomers or was that an IMAX screen?

One wonders if they were laundered prior to auction or if they still bear the regal skidmark.

[heldt666]

12:33 PM on 11/03/2011

Why would anyone pay that much money for something to cover your car in winter?

[cbstyffe]

12:07 PM on 11/03/2011

Well, this gives me new hope. I'm gonna re-list my used underwear on E-Bay. Hers went for $14,000; mine should be worth at least $20 a pair. I won't even charge extra for the artful skidmarks or mystery stains.

[Sulk]

11:43 AM on 11/03/2011

It was later discovered that the crown jewels were hidden in there along with the King's false teeth.

[sponsi]

11:27 AM on 11/03/2011

I hope they were washed.

[smelly katz]

11:19 AM on 11/03/2011

the bloomers only cost $13,800...the other $200 was because they came with stains

[akarmahitmydogma]

10:55 AM on 11/03/2011

sorry marcus, not that kind of queen, you're not needed here...

[Rideropurplesage]

10:27 AM on 11/03/2011

What a set of squirrel covers!

[Rideropurplesage]

10:24 AM on 11/03/2011

Enough panty talk, when are they gonna auction Gadaffi's Golden Gun and his Hairpiece? I must have that Hairpiece!!!!!!!!!!