Whoa! Kate Middleton's Hats Go For $10,000 At Auction!

6/27/2012 3:00 PM ET | Filed under: Anglophilia • Fashion Smashion • Kate Middleton • Business Blitz • Hats

That is some serious dough!

Kate Middleton's hats fetched a pretty penny the Passion for Fashion auction on Tuesday.

Many expected the Aurora and Philip Somerville chapeaus would go for $1500 each, but ended up raking in $5,785 and $5014, respectively.

Dayum!

What's funny is neither of the hats belonged to the Duchess of Cambridge, she actually rented them from Get Ahead Hats.

Silly bidders.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: auction, aurora, duchess of cambridge, hats, kate middleton, order of the garter, passion for fashion, philip somerville

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