Gold Fields, with extensive worldwide holdings, is twice the size of Harmony.

The sales could fetch $10 million, according to Keith Harmer, of the New York house, who described the collection as the last major worldwide holding in private hands.

The Reichmanns' strategy was to persuade the banks that billions of dollars of excess value still existed in Olympia & York's worldwide holdings.

In 1995 Massey Ferguson's worldwide holdings were purchased by the US-based AGCO Corporation.

The museum's worldwide holdings of elasmobranchs, particularly squaloid sharks, have grown rapidly in the last 15 years and are an important international resource.

The owner is Fred Mengoni, a real-estate developer with worldwide holdings who is also a philanthropist and bicycling enthusiast.

LEAD: Saatchi & Saatchi's vast worldwide holdings now include Jamison & Leary Advertising, an American specialty shop for advertising to black consumers.

However, a year later the magazine estimated Melnichenko's fortune at $US4.4 billion in 2010, indicating the value of Melnichenko overall worldwide holdings has substantially recovered.

Alan Bond, the Australian entrepreneur with worldwide holdings in brewing, real estate and publishing, will resign as chairman of his company to appease creditors under an agreement announced today.

Since then, each agency company has gone on a buying spree to bolster its worldwide holdings.