An anonymous buyer bought the rare Patek Philippe watch. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - A watch that was once owned by the last emperor of China’s Qing Dynasty, whose life formed the basis of Oscar-winning film The Last Emperor, sold for a record HK$40 million at a Hong Kong auction on Tuesday.
Mr Thomas Perazzi, head of watches at auction house Phillips Asia, told Reuters that it is “the highest result” for any wristwatch that once belonged to an emperor. Other watches owned by emperors and sold at auction include a Patek Philippe timepiece that belonged to the last Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, which sold for US$2.9 million in 2017.
Born in 1906, Aisin-Gioro Puyi was the last Emperor of China’s Qing dynasty, who began his reign at the age of two.
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