What Madoff’s tag sale fetched
Winning bid:: $550,000
Presale estimate: $200,000
This 10.5-karat engagement ring was the most expensive item sold on the day. It was bought by a man with salt-and-pepper hair and a tweed jacket who wouldn't identify himself or his motivation. “It's all going to play out shortly,” he told the two dozen journalists who engulfed him. “I'd just as soon not talk about it.”