A two-year waiting list and a minimum €20,000 price tag — welcome to the world of Patek Philippe.

Real Madrid’s world-record bid to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to the Bernabeu has been defended by the FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

HITTING an international market with a world-class property bristling with security features on the day the US attacked Iraq may be a blow to the best-laid sales plans of the French owners of an Irish mansion.

The former boss of Sotheby’s was due to go on trial today accused of masterminding an international conspiracy with his counterpart at rivals Christie’s to rig commissions.