The dazzling sequin dress worn by Carey Mulligan to this year's Met Ball has sold on eBay for $2,950.
The four-figure final bid has been deemed a 'bargain' for the custom-made Prada dress, which came in a tiny U.S. size 2-4, and was embellished with hundreds of gold and silver sequins.
A typical Prada dress would cost up to $4,000; custom and heavily embellished creations sell for several times that figure.
Thirty-five bidders battled it out for the 'piece of fashion history,' which appeared for auction only two days after the 26-year-old wore the dress on the red carpet earlier this month.
The actress auctioned off her dress with a starting bid of $500 to help raise money for Oxfam America.
While the sparkling halter-neck dress quickly received bids, it was expected to fetch a larger sum.
This isn't the first time Mulligan has donated a red-carpet dress to Oxfam, however.
The actress gave her Vionnet gown she wore to the 2010 BAFTA Awards, where she won best actress for her role in An Education, to Oxfam also, which the charity then sold on her behalf.
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