Audio slideshow: The designer's collection
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/7908702.stm Version 0 of 1. The world record for the most valuable private art collection to be sold at auction has been broken, according to Christie's in Paris. During the first two days of a three-day sale, buyers parted with £272m (â¬307m) for hundreds items that belonged to the late French couturier Yves Saint Laurent, and his former partner Pierre Berge. Here you can see what the designer amassed in his collection. Click 'show captions' for photo information. Photographs courtesy AP, AFP, Getty Images.Music: Nocturne for Piano No 2, by Chopin.Reporter: Vincent Dowd. Slideshow: Paul Kerley. Publication date 25 February 2009. <hr /> Links<a class="bodl" href="http://www.christies.com/features/auctions/0209/ysl/?CID=5447010010802a">Christie's photo blog from the auction</a> More audio slideshows <a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/world/7900122.stm">The road to Hooverville</a><a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/sci/tech/7711663.stm">Kew's beautiful buildings</a><a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/world/7858777.stm">America's early skyscrapers </a> |