“I heard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the King.” said William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II Ten years ago, Christie’s sold a rare copy of John James Audubon’s Birds of America for $8.8 million USD, officially crowning it with the title of World’s Most Expensive Book. For those who were not [...]

Just because a diamond is forever does not mean a diamond owner is forever. After about 60 years of sitting in a private collection since Harry Winston’s hands were lightened of its heavy (24.78 carat) load, one of the world’s greatest diamonds will be up for grabs at Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Jewels in Geneva. [...]