When is a “record” not a record? When it’s the CHF 31mn Patek 6300A for Only Watch 2019.

Within the hallowed halls of the mostly “corrupt” art world, there’s a special dais reserved for the live auction. Mixing equal parts competitiveness, emotion, ego, opaqueness, deal-making, sex, and booze, many a world record has been set at live auction. For many highly rare and thinly traded artistic commodities, there’s arguably no other way to find a […]