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A watch once owned by the last emperor of China has sold for a record $HK49 million ($9.4 million) at auction in Hong Kong.
Key points:
- Experts spent years verifying the watch’s history
- Emperor Puyi reigned from the age of 2 but was taken prisoner by the Russians in 1945
- The sale is the highest result for a watch owned by an emperor
The rare Patek Philippe watch, which belonged to Qing Dynasty emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi, was bought over the phone by a Hong Kong-based Asian collector, according to auctioneers Phillips Asia.
The auction house’s head of watches said it was the “highest result”…
