The hermès’ “kelly” bag, Cartier diamond tiaras, Louis Vuitton anything. Going onto the websites of Christie’s or Sotheby’s one could be forgiven for thinking that these global art businesses sold mostly jewellery, sports memorabilia, handbags, and the odd painting.
It’s handbags one week, a sporting hero’s footwear the next, a musical megastar’s rather fascinating detritus (see Freddie Mercury, Elton John), followed by Picasso, Italian baroque paintings and Regency silver-gilt — all oddly coexisting in a
