He buzzes for a flunky, who spares his boss the indignity of picking up the pink ring binders piled on the floor.

ECONOMIST: Bihar's remarkable recovery

Winston's best score was covering Whoopi Goldberg, the host, with a necklace that had a 50-carat black diamond, a bracelet, earclips and a 25-carat pink sapphire ring.

FORBES: One-upwomanship

The pink diamond, with its purple and pink hues, is set on a platinum ring.

FORBES: Connect

The top lot at the Oct. 19 sale is a rare, internally flawless pink diamond weighing 25 carats, set in an elegantly simple rose gold and platinum ring, flanked on either side by a petite pear-shaped diamond.

FORBES: Rocks Under The Hammer