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Who talked about 4.5bn-year-old wonders this week? And who was enjoying the recent interest in Banksy prints? Read about that and more with our weekly round up of quotes from members of the art and antiques trade.

The prop that was a running joke in the 1980s sitcom was hammered down at £15,000 at the saleroom of East Bristol Auctions today.

The inaugural Anthony JP Meyer Scholarship, for supporting research on the Oceanic collections in museums in France and overseas communities, has been awarded to Sophie Jacqueline.

The latest series of Russian art sales in London generated a total of £39.2m (including premium) – roughly on a par with the £38.03m total at the equivalent series last year.

The UK government has issued an export bar for JMW Turner’s ‘Walton Bridges’, valued at £3.4m.

A superb Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite with an estimate of £25,000-30,000 is included in Duke’s sale A Taste of Luxury.

A hand painted bottle of 1926 60-year-old Macallan whisky sold for a hammer price of £1m at auction, equating to around £48,000 per single shot.