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Following last week’s announcement of their global sales totals, Bonhams have now released figures for their 2013 revenues and profits as well.

Sotheby’s have had to buy back the 59.60 carat flawless fancy vivid pink diamond they sold in Geneva last November for a world record $83m.

Campaigners are calling on the government to create an independent trust to prevent Southampton City Council selling off artworks from its public collection.

With the British Museum’s Vikings exhibition bringing in the crowds, it is an ideal time for its Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo treasures to come back into focus in a new gallery.

Among the sales in the first hour of the ‘BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair’ was this 5in (13cm) high Martin Brothers grotesque demon jar and cover.

All five of John Harrison’s famous timekeepers will be on display in a new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum this summer.

New York has firmly reinforced its status as the capital of the global art market with a 25% growth in the value of US sales last year.