Queen Victoria's Bloomers Sold for $9K

OK, this is so off topic I don't know how to justify this post, other than to say "I just had to share:"

Apparently, a pair Queen Victoria's bloomers were purchased at auction for $9,000.

An article by the AP quotes auctioneer Charles Hanson as saying that Queen Victoria's underpants belonged to "a very big lady of quite small stature with a very wide girth." She was said to be 5 feet tall and had bloomers with a 50-inch waist.

The handmade drawers include the monogram "VR" for Victoria Regina. AP says they are open-crotch style (if you were interested), with separate legs joined by a drawstring at the waist, a popular style in the late Victorian era.