The jewellery sale, which raised more than $60m, was the biggest the auction house had ever organised.
The wealthy, it seemed, still were rich enough to splash out some cash despite the ever-deepening worries about the effects of the credit crisis and the steep decline in share prices.
Asians have long had a penchant for luxury and conspicuous consumption.
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