Across the pond in New York, the trade kicked off the year with the major international fair The Winter Show.
Among the highlight sales was this 1789 gold box sold by first-time exhibitor Koopman Rare Art for a price in the region of $250,000 (£192,000). It was made in Paris by Jacques Felix Vienot to commemorate US independence. It is decorated with miniature watercolour views by JF Genillion.