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Collection Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Part II Achieves $ 13449358Art DailyThe four-day sale of the Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, part II, at Theatre Marigny offered by Christie's in association with Pierre ...  

Famed French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's incredible collections of art, antiques, furniture, decorative objects and personal effects were recently auctioned off in a series of sales fetching a total of over $700 million. Now the legendary couturier's Paris duplex on the Rue de Babylone, which housed many of his most prized possessions collected with longtime partner Pierre Bergé, is being put up for sale as well. The 5,400-sq.-ft...  

"I don’t even remember much about my time at Yves Saint Laurent, though I do think some of my best collections were [there] — other than that black-and-white initial one. That one wasn’t very successful and wasn’t very good. But being at Yves Saint Laurent was such a negative experience for me even though the business boomed while I was there. Yves and his partner, Pierre Bergé, were so difficult and so evil and made my life such misery...  

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Dec. 10, 2009) - http://www.pba-auctions.com/html/index.jsp?id=5061 I would like to draw your attention to an important auction, on the 14th of December 2009, at the prestigious sale-room of Drouot Montaigne, Paris. Fayez Barakat, one of the leading dealers in antiquities will be offering 112 masterpieces including Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Near Eastern works of art...  

Furniture, sculptures and a Fernand Leger painting from the home of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé will be auctioned. Photograph: Remy de la Mauviniere/AP When  

by Zeva Bellel The "Sale of the Century" begins tomorrow when Christie's opens its doors to a dizzying array of Yves Saint Laurent's personal pieces. Of the 1,200 objects to reach the auction block at Christie's France over the next four days, the majority come from Château Gabriel, the three-story country estate where YSL and his lifelong partner Pierre Bergé spent their weekends. The...  

New York TimesA Minimalist Designer on DisplayNew York TimesLuc Castel/Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent A set of Jean-Michel Frank furniture at the Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint ...  

Fashion had a field day when Tom Ford let rip recently about his time at Yves Saint Laurent, branding Yves and partner Pierre Bergé ‘evil’, so how exciting that he’s opened up again. Pointing out that Laurent and Bergé weren’t even his bosses at the time, he said: “We bought Yves’s company, and Yves had nothing [...]  

• Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé’s 5,400-square-foot Paris duplex is on the market. It’s expected to sell for around $30 million. [WWD] • Seven style bloggers, including Bryanboy, Todd Selby, and Tommy Ton, were reportedly shot this week for an upcoming issue of Vogue. [Fashionista] • Audrey Hepburn's wardrobe sold for £268,320 (roughly $437,684) at Kerry Taylor Auctions. Fifty percent of the proceeds will benefit the Audrey...  

The umbrella holder. Last week, the second auction of Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé's art and housewares wrapped up. The items fetched a total of $13.22 million, or three times the estimated amount. The couple's pots and pans fetched over $22,000, while an umbrella holder estimated to fetch 300 to 500 euros went for 109,000 euros, or $163,129.40. [Reuters] Read more posts by Amy OdellFiled Under: the greatest...  

Giant chandeliers a billiard table and even pots and pans went on show on Tuesday at Christie's in Paris in the second and more homely installment of the Yves Saint LaurentPierre Bergé "sale of the century".  

Aw, all the money in the air put him to sleep! The second round of auctions of the late Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé's things, proceeds from which go to the fight against AIDS, is under way in Paris. His black-and-white French bulldog Moujik has been watching the proceedings (or sleeping through them — it's unclear). Already, item sales are beyond exceeding expectations. As of yesterday, the items had fetched 4 million...  

A view of a salon with furnishings from the private collection of the late French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent and French businessman Pierre Bergé were on display on Tuesday ahead of the a...  

Amber in her tight dress. • Just so you know, Renzo Rosso "will continue to believe in the U.S.," even though he calls it a "tough moment" economically. Americans have apparently spent enough on overpriced Diesel things to allow the brand to grow nearly 2 percent here this year. [WWD] • Yves Saint Laurent's partner, Pierre Bergé, wrote a book in French called Letters to Yves, which will come out in February. He wrote it six months after...