Deep Blue Sea (hat)

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Deep Blue Sea is a hat designed by Australian milliner, Ann-Maree Willett, which is made from Australian wool felt and set with 26 precious opals from Lightning Ridge, weighing a total of 1447.5 carats.

Deep Blue Sea was the feature piece of the ‘Climate’ series of hats that launched Willett's international millinery career. It contains more Lightning Ridge precious opal than has been brought together on any other wearable item and became known as “the million-dollar opal hat”,^[1] then later as “the most valuable hat ever offered at public auction.”^[2]

^ “This hat is worth over $1m: High-level art and fashion are colliding on Australia’s catwalks, Paul Fraser Collectibles 2009s” http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/section.asp?catid=72&docid=185 Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 November 2010
^ "The most valuable hat ever offered at public auction: “Deep Blue Sea” – an extraordinary hat bejewelled with 1447 carats of gem-quality Lightning Ridge opal", Bonhams & Butterfields 2010 http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4748778&iSaleNo=19039&iSaleSectionNo=1 Retrieved 4 November 2010

[a-1] “This hat is worth over $1m: High-level art and fashion are colliding on Australia’s catwalks, Paul Fraser Collectibles 2009s” http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/section.asp?catid=72&docid=185 Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 November 2010

[b-2] "The most valuable hat ever offered at public auction: “Deep Blue Sea” – an extraordinary hat bejewelled with 1447 carats of gem-quality Lightning Ridge opal", Bonhams & Butterfields 2010 http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4748778&iSaleNo=19039&iSaleSectionNo=1 Retrieved 4 November 2010

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