Auction of works of art collected by the French couturier Yves Saint-Laurent (Yves Saint Laurent)

In Paris has opened an auction of works of art collected by the legendary French fashion designers Yves Saint-Laurent (Yves Saint Laurent) and his partner Pierre Berger for almost half a century.
The famous couturier Yves Saint Laurent died last summer at the age of 71 years.According to his partner Pierre Berger, it decided to sell the collection, without Saint Laurent «she has lost much of its importance.On the proceeds of the auction money will create a new fund that will finance the search for treatment of AIDS.
Representatives of the auction Christie's, kotroy even before the launch was named in the press auction Century, relied obtained a total of about 300 million euros.But the first session of a three-day auction, which brought together the largest collectors of the world, surpassed vuse expectations of its organizers and had revenues of 206 million euros.Thus, the bid collection of Yves Saint Laurent had already become the largest in the history of Christie's.