Culture

Real progress is going to come in the writer’s room.

A new Sotheby’s report peeks under the hood of high-end auction houses, and reveals just how critical the super-rich are to company bottom lines.

Aisin-Gioro Puyi left the timepiece and other treasures to his Russian translator, a companion during his confinement in Siberia by the Soviets. It will be auctioned by Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo.

Forget black, white and silver. For blue-chip cars, oddball colors are worth more.