PARKER, Colo. — While no one in Colorado took home the “big one” from Saturday’s Powerball drawing—or anyone, for that matter—a ticket sold in the state made at least one person an instant millionaire.
One ticket sold at a King Soopers in Parker, located at 12959 S. Parker Road, won its owner $2 million after the person matched five numbers plus the Powerplay, Colorado Lottery officials said Saturday.
Winners in Denver and Colorado Springs matched four of five numbers, plus the Powerball, and won $50,000, multiplied by the Powerplay of x3.
The Denver winning ticket was sold at Safeway, located at 3800 W. 44th Avenue, and the Colorado Springs winner purchased their ticket at 7-Eleven, situated at 3805 E. Pikes Peak Avenue.
Monday’s Jackpot is up to $1.1 billion.
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The Warm & Wonderful jumper emblazoned with several white sheep — and one black one — was expected to sell for somewhere between $50,000 and $80,000. But once the bidding started, the garment’s value skyrocketed, thanks to a 15-minute flurry of offers that included 44 proposals, according to TMZ.
The gavel finally fell following a winning bid of $1.143 million — which reportedly makes the sweater the world’s most expensive.
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Princess Diana’s Black Sheep Sweater is on display on the first day it is in New York at Sotheby’s on Sept. 7, 2023 in New York City.
“In June of 1981, a newly engaged Lady Diana Spencer wore a red sweater dawned with a whimsical black and white sheep motif: one of the first designs by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne of ‘Warm and Wonderful’ knitwear established in 1979,” Sotheby’s advertised on its auction page.
The sweater became an instant sensation after Diana was first photographed donning the vibrant design. A few weeks later, she wrote the designers a letter saying she had damaged the sweater and was requesting a replacement or repair.
According to Sotheby’s, “a new sweater was knitted entirely” and sent to Diana, who in turn wrote the designers a thank-you note. Two years later, she wore that sweater to a polo match with Prince Charles, this time styling it with a white collared blouse and black ribbon tie.
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Designers Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne pose with their Black Sheep Sweater worn by Lady Diana Spencer on the first day it is displayed at Sotheby’s on Sept. 7, 2023 in New York City.
For more than 40 years, Osborne and Muir “assumed the original [sweater] had been repaired and sent to a customer.” However, earlier this year, Osborne came across the keepsake in an attic. After determining it was, indeed, the original design worn by Diana, the sweater was put on the auction block, accompanied by the pair of letters Diana sent.
Lady Diana Spencer became the Princess of Wales in July 1981 when she married then-Prince Charles. They had two sons before divorcing in 1996. The unconventional “People’s Princess” died a year later in a tragic car crash in France. She was 36.
