Princess Diana LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a strapless blue dress designed by Murray Arbeid and long, pink gloves, attends the premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom of the Opera' at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 9, 1986 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images) (Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Some of the most recognizable pieces from Princess Diana’s wardrobe are up for auction.
The upcoming Julian’s Auction sale is one of the biggest of her dresses since 1997, the “Today” show reported.
So far, more than 150 items will be up for bid in the June 27 sale. The co-founder of the auction house, Martin Nolan, said that the sale is still being built.
You can see all of the pieces that high rollers will be trying to buy, but some of the standouts include the 1986 Murray Arbeid midnight blue tulle diamante star gown and an accompanying magazine. The lot has a starting bid of $50,000 and is expected to bring in up to $400,000.
She wore the drop waist gown twice in 1986, once for a dinner for King Constantine of Greece on July 6, 1986, and again for the premiere of “The Phantom of the Opera” on Oct. 1, 1986. She also wore it to attend a ballet in 1987.
It had been on display at Kensington Palace from 2017 to 2019 as part of the exhibit “Diana: Her Fashion Story,” Julian’s said.
Princess Diana LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a strapless blue dress designed by Murray Arbeid and long, pink gloves, attends the premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom of the Opera' at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 9, 1986 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images) (Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
Diana’s yellow and navy skirt suit, made by Catherine Walker and worn during the princess’ Hong Kong tour, is also for sale. Diana was photographed wearing it in 1989 when she visited Tamar, a British military base, and when she attended a Red Cross opening in Hong Kong. She also wore it in 1990 and for the 1991 Trooping of the Colour. The suit has a starting bid of $7,000 and is expected to go for up to $50,000.
Princess Diana Diana, Princess of Wales (1961 - 1997) visits 'HMS Tamar', the Royal Navy shore base in Hong Kong, November 1989. She is wearing a suit by Catherine Walker. (Photo by Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images) (Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)
The auction contains several other gowns, shoes, purses and hats worn by Diana, as well as a nightgown owned by Queen Victoria; a fox fur coat owned by Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor; and a piece of wedding lace that is likely from Queen Alexandria’s wedding bouquet.
Online bidding is open and the in-person sale is set for June 27, “Today” reported.
To see the items that are up for bid, visit the Julian’s website.
A fairytale wedding on July 29, 1981: Britain's Prince Charles and the former Diana Spencer kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London. (AP)
Childhood Passport Included among the many items from Diana's childhood is her passport from 1968. The two photographs featured were taken by her father, who made a point to shoot their pictures after bathtime when they were super clean.
An exhibit about Diana, shown with 8-month-old Charles Spencer, documents her transformation through the years. (Althorp Estate)
Family album photo of Lady Diana Spencer at Itchenor, West Sussex, England, during summer 1970. (AP)
Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer July 29, 1981.
Steinhauser is a big admirer of Diana Spencer, the good-hearted 19-year-old girl who would become the bride of Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales.
(Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)
Britain's Prince William, aged 3-year-old, is escorted by his parents Princess Diana and Prince Charles as he arrives at a private kindergarten in London's Notting Hill on Sept. 24, 1985, to start his pre-school education. (AP Photo/Joseph Schaber)
Diana and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greet well-wishers outside Clarence House, London, in 1987. (Martin Cleaver/AP)
Prince William, son of Princess Diana, reacts as his mom adjusts the strap of his diving mask on Banana Bay Beach in St. Kitts, West Indies on Monday, Jan. 4, 1993. They are vacationing in the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The Prince and Princess of Wales and family outside Manor House at Eton College with housemaster Dr Andrew Gailey. Left to right: Princess Diana (1961-1997), Prince Harry, Andrew Gailey, Prince William and Prince Charles. (Jayne Fincher/Getty Images)
The Princess of Wales takes her sons William and Harry out on the boat "Maid of the Mist" at Niagara Falls, October 1991. (Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)
Princess Diana arrives at the Tate Gallery in London about two months before she died. (Jacqueline Arzt/AP)
Sitting on Diana's lap was 13-year-old Sandra Thijica, who lost her left leg to a land mine while working the land with her mother. (Joao Silva/AP)
Diana was part of a worldwide campaign to clear landmines from wartorn areas. She tours a minefield dressed in a flak jacket and face shield in Huambo, central Angola, in January 1997. (John Stillwell/AP)
The car in which Princess Diana died, on Aug. 31, 1997. The car crash in Paris also killed her companion, Dodi Fayed, and the chauffeur. It happened shortly after midnight in a tunnel along the Seine River. (Jerome Delay/AP)
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 5: The Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry look at floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales outside Kensington Palace on September 5, 1997 in London, England. (Anwar Hussein/WireImage)
Prince Charles with his two sons, Prince Harry (second from right), and Prince William, along with Diana's brother Earl Spencer, watch the hearse bearing the coffin of Diana leave Westminster Abbey on Sept. 6, 1997. (Jeff J. Mitchell/AP)
An aerial view of the large pile of flowers at the gates of Kensington Palace in London on Sept. 4, 1997. Thousands came to pay their respects. (Adrian Dennis/AP)
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William, Earl Spencer, Prince Harry and the Prince of Wales follow the coffin of Diana, Princess of Wales in September 1997. (Anwar Hussein/WireImage)
Republican Guards stand at attention as pallbearers carry the coffin of Diana out of a Parisian hospital on Aug. 31, 1997. Diana died in a car crash in the city. (Laurent Rebours/AP)