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Record-breaking auction sales in 2017

The most spectacular sales of the year
January: a rare 1963 E-Type Jaguar sells for a record $7.3 million (£5.6m)
January: a Holstein calf sells for a record $193,000 (£147k)
February: a collection of erotic art sells for a record $7 million (£5.3m)
February: René Magritte's 'La Corde Sensible' sells for a record $18.9 million (£14.4m)
March: Gustav Klimt's 'Bauerngarten (Blumengarten)' sells for a record $63 million (£48m)
March: the D. Brent Pogue coin collection sells for a record $106.7 million (£81.3m)
March: the console used to record Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon album sells for a record $1.8 million (£1.4m)
April: the Pink Star Diamond sells for a record $71.2 million (£55m)
April: an antique Ottoman panel sells for a record $1.4 million (£1.1m)
May: Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Untitled' sells for a record $110.5 million (£84.2m)
May: a mismatched pair of coloured diamond earrings sells for a record $57.4 million (£43.7m)
May: Constantin Brancusi's 'La Muse Endormie' sells for a record $57.4 million (£43.7m)
May: a diamond-encrusted crocodile Hermès Birkin bag sells for a record $379,261 (£289k)
June: a pair of Michael Jordan's Converse sneakers sells for a record $190,373 (£145k)
June: Kandinsky's 'Painting with White Lines' sells for a record $43 million (£33m)
June: the Rockefeller Emerald sells for a record $5.5 million (£4.2m)
June: Max Beckmann's 'Bird's Hell' sells for a record $42 million (£32m)
June: an R2-D2 prop used in the original Star Wars trilogy sells for a record $2.8 million (£2.1m)
July: a collection of rare Disney animation art sells for a record $1.4 million (£1.1m)
July: an ancient Chinese bronze plate sells for a record $27.3 million (£20.8m)
August: a rare McLaren F1 sells for a record $15.6 million (£11.8m)
August: a rare 1956 Aston Martin DBR1 sells for a record $22.5 million (£17.1m)
September: a brand new Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta sells for a record $9.6 million (£7.3m)
September: Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast at Tiffany's script sells for a record $834,000 (£632k)
October: an antique Chinese porcelain bowl sells for a record $37.7 million (£28.6m)
October: Paul Newman's Rolex sells for a record $17.8 million (£13.6m)
November: Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi sells for a record $450 million (£341m)
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The most spectacular sales of the year

The sale of a lost Leonardo da Vinci painting smashed auction records, but it wasn't the only purchase this year that made headlines around the globe in 2017. From Paul Newman's watch to a piece of very special Star Wars history, we take a look at this year's record-breaking sales.
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17 November 2017

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