When pieces from the massive collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé went to auction in February, the sale brought in €374,392,500 ($484,426,456) over the course of six sessions of bidding, absolutely catapulting its €194–274 million estimate and leading Art+Auction reporter Judd Tully to write that the sale was "one for the ages." Less than a year later, more works from the trove are also performing well.

Christie’s reports that additional pieces of decorative art from the collection sold for €2,239,388 ($3.32 million) today in Paris on the first day of a second wave of bidding, marking a 95 percent sold rate, by lot and by value. This time, all of the proceeds from the sale will go to benefit H.I.V. research and the fight against AIDS, areas of particular interest to Laurent and Pierre Bergé, his life partner, who helped arrange the sale.

Top lots in the auction included two 12-light chandeliers, believed to have been made by the renowned designer F. Barbedienne, which topped their €10,000–15,000 ($14,800–22,200) estimate to reach a towering €82,600 ($122,000). A Napoléon III suite comprising a sofa, two armchairs, and four long chairs also outperformed, vaulting to €49,000 ($73,000), an easy leap over its €4,000–6,000 ($5,900-8,900) estimate.

Bidding on the collection continues through the end of the week in Paris.