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Margot Fonteyn: A pair of pink satin ballet shoes worn and signed by Margot Fonteyn, 2 image 1
Margot Fonteyn: A pair of pink satin ballet shoes worn and signed by Margot Fonteyn, 2 image 2
Margot Fonteyn: A pair of pink satin ballet shoes worn and signed by Margot Fonteyn, 2 image 3
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Margot Fonteyn: A pair of pink satin ballet shoes worn and signed by Margot Fonteyn,
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15 December 2016, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

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Margot Fonteyn: A pair of pink satin ballet shoes worn and signed by Margot Fonteyn,

made by Frederick Freed, London, both soles stamped with manufacturer's details and size 4, both inscribed Fonteyn in red ballpoint pen in an unidentified hand to the underneath; and one signed and inscribed by Fonteyn in black ink 'To Noeleen, with best wishes, Margot Fonteyn, Arias, 1974,' on the point, accompanied by a letter of provenance, (2)

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The slippers were given to vendor by the late Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias in 1974. The vendor met Fonteyn through her husband, via Rodney Freed, the son of Frederick Freed, maker of the ballet slippers. The slippers were worn by Fonteyn and were signed at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 1974.

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