Whopper of a bill at ‘Tiffany’s’

The black Givenchy gown worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” has sold at auction for $807,000.

The price, paid by a telephone bidder whose identity was not disclosed, was almost six times the highest pre-sale estimate.

The iconic garment had been expected to fetch between $98,000 and $138,000 as part of a sale of film and television memorabilia at Christie’s auction house in London. The final sale price was $922,158, including buyer’s premium.

Proceeds from the sale will go to the charity City of Joy Aid, which helps India’s poor. The gown’s owners -- the founders of City of Joy Aid -- received it as a gift from designer Hubert de Givenchy.

“I am absolutely dumbfounded to believe that a piece of cloth which belonged to such a magical actress will now enable me to buy bricks and cement to put the most destitute children in the world into schools,” said the co-seller, Dominic Lapierre.