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05 December 1997GAVELNET.COM, the San Francisco-based Internet auction specialists have denied claims that they are winding up their UK operation.
        
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01 January 1996Sotheby’s evening sale of Contemporary art in New York on November 13 achieved the highest total for any auction in the company’s history.
        
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