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Marie Antoinette's pearl – and other incredible auction winners of 2018

Record breaking auctions in 2018
First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – $159,232 (£127K)
Napoleon's hat – $317,896 (£250k)
Winnie the Pooh map – $546,782 (£430k)
A bottle of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti 1945 – $558,000 (£436,070)
The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 whisky – $1.1 million (£859.6k)
Einstein's
1957 BMW 507 Roadster – $4,830,958 (£3.8m)
1961 Aston Martin Zagato – $12.8 million (£10.08m)
Marie Antoinette's pearl pendant – $36 million (£28m)
Marie Antoinette's pearl pendant – $36 million (£28m)
Constantin Brancusi, La jeune fille sophistiquée – $71 million (£55.9m)
Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Composition – $85.5 million (£67.3m)
David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) – $90.3 million (£70.6m)
Peggy and David Rockefeller collection – $832.6 million (£657m)
Peggy and David Rockefeller collection – $832.6 million (£657m)
Peggy and David Rockefeller collection – $832.6 million (£657m)
Peggy and David Rockefeller collection – $832.6 million (£657m)
Peggy and David Rockefeller collection – $832.6 million (£657m)
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Record breaking auctions in 2018

This year records have been set in auction houses across the world. From the expected winners such as paintings by world-renowned Picasso and a racing driver's 1957 BMW, to the more obscure lots including the best selling swan decoy model in history, read on to find out what items sold well when they went under the hammer...
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Charlotte Irwin

12 December 2018

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