Bab's bikini tops estimate
Carry On Camping costume fetches £9,500
The iconic bikini worn – and then lost – by Barbara Windsor in Carry On C
amping – has fetched £9,500 at auction.
It far exceeds the £800 to £1,500 estimate Kerry Taylor Auctions put on the item.
The anonymous vendor, who used to work at London costume company Bermans & Nathans, will be donating a proportion of the sale to the Alzheimer’s Society in honour of Dame Barbara, who died from the disease last year, at the age of 80.
The bikini - which was rescued from a dustbin at the costume shop in around 1990 - still has the hole where a fishing hook was attached, allowing it to appear to spring off in the most memorable scene from the 1969 comedy.
Published: 17 Jun 2021
