Royal Knickers Sell for $15K

A capacious pair of silk bloomers worn by Queen Victoria in the 1860s sold for nearly $15,000 at an auction in Britain—more than three times the estimate. "People who collect royal memorabilia for the Victorian era see underwear as the crowning glory in their collection," a spokesman for the auctioneers tells the Daily Mail. Other items in the sale of the contents of the London home of the Forbes publishing family included a portrait of the queen with Scottish servant John Brown, which fetched $230,000. (More underwear stories.)