Sotheby's New York Achieves a Personal Best With Sale of $9.6m USD Patek Philippe

While all eyes were on the Tiffany Blue Patek Philippe 5711 selling at Phillips this weekend in New York, a rare vintage Patek achieved nearly $10m USD at Sotheby's.Some 19 bidders battled it out in Sotheby's New York salesroom for the new-to-market "Pink-on-Pink" Patek Philippe Ref 1518, which eventually hammered for $9.6m USD, more than four times the presale estimate of $2.2m USD.The watch came from the estate of Prince Tewfik Tousson of Egypt and was one of just 14 examples known to exist. T...