Beyoncé’s hat fetches R390k at charity auction
Beyonce raised R 390 000 at a charity auction by selling the hat she wore in her 'Formation' video.
The chart-topping singer donated the signed item — which features in the video to the song from her 2016 album ‘Lemonade’ — to a Heritage Auction that benefits the The Lung Transplant Project, a non-profit organisation that provides support to lung transplant recipients.
The hat features a wide brim and a black ribbon, as well as her signature alongside the words: “All my Love (sic)”.
Initially, the item was expected to sell for less than R28 000, but several bidders became involved with the auction, which meant that the hat ultimately sold for an eye-watering R390 000.
Elsewhere at the same auction, Pharrell Williams donated two pairs of adidas Originals. They sold for a combined sum of R161 000, having originally been expected to sell for around R14 000.
One of the pairs featured a hot pink colour and alongside the ‘Happy’ hitmaker’s signature. Pharrell wrote: “Let the universe in. Please don’t make excuse (sic)”.
On the same pair of eye-catching sneakers, he also said: “We are nothing without GOD. The universe is one. (sic)”.
Meanwhile, Beyonce’s mother, Tina Knowles Lawson, recently revealed that her daughter’s twins are “very different”.
The 36-year-old beauty and her husband Jay-Z welcomed daughter Rumi and son Sir into the world in June, and their proud grandmother adores being around the “cute” youngsters.
Tina — whose daughter also has five-year-old daughter Blue Ivy with Jay — said: “They’re doing great. They are absolutely beautiful and so much fun. I mean, I haven’t ever been around twins, but it’s so cute, I can hardly take it.
“Yes, [it’s crazy] … it’s just really, really different with two babies. I mean, a boy and a girl. Very different personalities.”
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