Ceiling lights are pictured on November 10, 2009 in Paris, seven days before the second Yves Saint-Laurent-Pierre Berge collection starts going to auction at Christie's. Far smaller than the record-smashing 700-item February sale, which fetched 342.5 million euros (491.9 million dollars) in the biggest private art sale in history, the 1,200 works, including A Fernand Leger painting and Yves Saint-Laurent's own Mercedes Benz and Hermes luggage, to come under the hammer from November 17 to 19 are estimated at between three and four million euros, according to Christie's. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

Ceiling lights are pictured on November 10, 2009 in Paris, seven days before the second Yves Saint-Laurent-Pierre Berge collection starts going to auction at Christie's. Far smaller than the record-smashing 700-item February sale, which fetched 342.5 million euros (491.9 million dollars) in the biggest private art sale in history, the 1,200 works, including A Fernand Leger painting and Yves Saint-Laurent's own Mercedes Benz and Hermes luggage, to come under the hammer from November 17 to 19 are estimated at between three and four million euros, according to Christie's.

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  7. PARIS - OCTOBER 5: Kate Moss attends Yves Saint Laurent Pret a Porter show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 on October 5, 2009 in Paris, France.
  8. PARIS - OCTOBER 5: Claudia Schiffer attends Yves Saint Laurent Pret a Porter show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 on October 5, 2009 in Paris, France.
  9. Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, leaves after the Christie's auction of art works belonging to him and to his companion late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at Marigny theater in Paris November 20, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-20, included almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences.
  10. Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, applauds at the end of the Christie's auction of art works belonging to him and to his companion late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at Marigny theater in Paris November 20, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-19, will include almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences.
  11. Pierre Berge (R), French businessman and partner of late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, leaves after the Christie's auction of art works belonging to him and to his companion late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at Marigny theater in Paris November 20, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-20, included almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences.
  12. Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, leaves after the Christie's auction of art works belonging to him and to his companion late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at Marigny theater in Paris November 20, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-20, included almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences.
  13. Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, applauds at the end of the Christie's auction of art works belonging to him and to his companion late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at Marigny theater in Paris November 20, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-19, will include almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences.
  14. Moujik, the dog of French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent is seen on November 17, 2009 at Marigny theater in Paris, on the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. This week's sale, running over four days, occurs after last February's 700-item sale of Pierre Berge and his late pantsuit pioneer Yves Saint-Laurent collection smashed record on record, netting 342 million euros (491 million dollars) and making Saint-Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity of 2009, according to Forbes which placed him ahead of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.
  15. Members of Christie's sell by auction art works belonging to late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his companion and business partner Pierre Berge at Marigny theater in Paris November 17, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-19, will include almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences.
  16. Members of Christie's sell by auction art works belonging to late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his companion and business partner Pierre Berge at Marigny theater in Paris November 17, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-19, will include almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences.

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