when she first caught her future husband's eye. watch. >> reporter: sold for a whopping $126,000 to an anonymous bidder, the sheer number that kate middleton wore at her university fashion show. >> this dress was actually created through a brief called art of seduction. so it's quite apt really. it's based around gemstones, and that's why it's so iridescent and metallic. so it kind of represents seduction. so in a way if that's what she wanted, she -- she definitely bagged her prince. so it got her what she wanted. >> reporter: the dress which cost about $49 to make was initially estimated to sell between $13,000 and $16,000 to attract a wider interest. the auctioneer herself had predicted that estimate would be surpassed within minutes, and it was. >> you can see around the furor connected to do with anything to