The jewels belonged to an Austrian billionaire whose husband made his fortune under the Nazis. Read more at straitstimes.com.
became the most expensive public sale in history.
The first auction totalled 138 million Swiss francs , already setting a world record for a single-owner jewellery sale. She derived her wealth from her late husband, Mr Helmut, who made his fortune in part by buying department stores at deeply discounted prices from Jews who sold under duress during the Third Reich.
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