A potent mix of fashion, fame and flamboyance saw the sale of contents from the Lake Como home of designer Gianni Versace more than double its pre-sale estimate at auction house Sotheby's in London.

The 545-lot sale of the contents of Villa Fontanelle, Versace's early 19th-century mansion, fetched $10.5m (£7.4m) against a presale top estimate of £2.8m. All except nine lots found buyers during the 12-hour auction .