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Amy Winehouse dress sells for £180,000

The singer, who died in tragic circumstances, wore the dress during her last stage performance

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A dress worn by Amy Winehouse has raised more than £180,000 at auction for a charity set up in her memory.  

The halter minidress was worn by the singer-songwriter during her last stage performance in Belgrade in June 2011. 

Ms Winehouse died a month later at the age of 27.

The auction included other items from her estate with all proceeds going towards the Amy Winehouse Foundation, the charity her parents set up to help young people with addiction issues.

The dress sold for 16 times its original estimate, while a total of £3m was raised from some 800 items.

The Jewish musician, whose hits included Rehab and Back to Black, passed away due to alcohol poisoning at her home in Camden, north London, in July 2011. 

She had a chaotic personal life and had struggled with alcohol and drug addictions for several years. 

Other items that snapped up at the Julien's Auctions sale in Los Angeles also exceeded their pre-auction estimates.

One item, a red leather heart-shaped Moschino bag, sold for £152,000, 13 times the pre-auction estimate. 

A Dolce & Gabbana dress went for 30 times its guide price,  achieving a staggering £111,000.

A Temperley London jumpsuit worn by the singer when she performed for Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday was sold for £90,000. 

A pair of pink ballet slippers, which are a style of shoe she was well known for wearing and often pictured in, sold for between £9,000-£14,000.

Some of the items sold at auction will form part of the ‘Amy: Beyond the Stage’ exhibition at the Design Museum in Kensington in west London from 26 November.

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