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Highlights: Christie's Old Master Sale, London

December 8, 2009 by Marion Maneker

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Lot 4: Herri met de Bles A siege at Therouanne (right) makes £1.049m over a £600k high est.

Lot 5: Pieter Brueghel II The Flemish Proverbs brings in £1.7m above the £1.5m high.

Lot 7: Philips Wouwerman A hawking party resting just tips the scale above the high est. of £300k to make £361k

Lot 11: Gerrit Berckheyde The Grote Markt sells fro £277k, a healthy premium over the est.

d5277765lLot 12: Rembrandt Man with Arms Akimbo makes £20m, just about the low est.’

Lot 16: Brueghel Saint John the Baptist preaching just gets over the high est with the help of the premium to sell for £1.553m

Lot 18: Jan Davidsz. de Heem Still Life sells for £541k at the high end of est. range.

Lot 19: George Stubbs Antinous breaks the high est. to sell for £361k

Lot 20: William Hoare of Bath Portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo makes a massive gain to£541k against an £80k high est.!

Lot 24: J.M.W. Turner Rock of Gibraltar sells well above the £350k est for £505kPortrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo

Lot 28: Domenichino St. John the Baptist gets £9.225m

Lot 43: Raphael Head of a Muse shatters the £16m high est and makes £29m

Sale totals £68,380,250

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