David Linley, Earl of Snowdon on the changing world of auctions – the late Princess Margaret’s son and Christie’s chairman has seen Covid-19 shift sales online

• The pandemic led to the first cryptocurrency transactions and NFT sales, including Beeple’s digital opus Everydays: The First 5000 Days, sold for a record US$69 million
• Honorary Christie’s chairman for Europe, Middle East and Russia, he has his own watch collection: Patek Philippe’s Nautilus and Calatrava, two Jaeger-LeCoultres and an F.P. Journe