Geneva, no stranger to the super-rich, had never seen anything like it. Touted as the greatest auction of the 20th century, many of the world's wealthiest and most glamorous people had gathered in a vast circus tent in the grounds of the Beau Rivage Hotel for a chance to bid on the Duchess of Windsor's fabulous jewellery collection.
The best restaurants and hotels were full. Caviar, truffles and foie gras were in short supply. The great champagne houses were releasing restricted vintages at ridiculous prices to make a killing.
Crammed into the tent, on the shores of Lake Geneva, were 1,500 guests. Another 700 watched on closed-circuit TV in the ballroom. Plain-clothes detectives, in rented dinner jackets and ballgowns, tried to blend in.
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