200 items from Joan Rivers’s New York penthouse to go up for auction
The items for sale, which range from $500 to $200,000, include Cartier jewels, and a custom engraved Tiffany’s water bowl used by Rivers’s dog Spike
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How London’s booming ‘butler class’ takes care of the wealthy elite
The capital is home to 1,000 ‘family offices’, made up of lawyers and financiers who service every need of the super-rich
World art market stalls for first time in years
Fall of 7% a function of slowing at cheaper end of market with record prices at top end continuing to make headlines
Balenciaga and Céline catwalk shows impress at Paris fashion week
Demna Gvasalia mixes old and new in blistering debut for Balenciaga, while Phoebe Philo embodies simple chic
World’s super rich keep buying up luxury goods in face of wealth decline
Sales of super-yachts rose 40% last year despite number of millionaires and ultra rich falling, according to wealth report
Dolce & Gabbana: dresses fit for Disney-approved princesses
The brand goes all-out for fantasy in Milan, but its financial performance in the real world is no fairytale