Grossing nearly $116 million, and setting records left and right, Liz Taylor's jewelry collection could have filled several stores with only the finest specimens in the world. And that's without factoring in the Liz quotient.

Christie’s is the world’s leading art business with global auction sales in 2007 that totaled $6.3 billion. This marks the highest total in company and in art auction history. Founded in 1766 by James Christie, Christie’s conducted the greatest auctions of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and today remains a popular showcase for the [...]