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On 19 August 2004 Google began trading on the Nasdaq as GOOG after pricing its IPO at US$85 a share, valuing the company at about US$23 billion and raising US$1.67 billion.

Patek Philippe's Henry Graves Supercomplication pocket watch sold at Sotheby's in Geneva on 11 November 2014 for CHF 23,237,000 (US$24 million), the most ever paid for a watch at auction at the time. It had made US$11 million at Sotheby's in 1999.

A stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 perpetual calendar chronograph sold at Phillips in Geneva on 12 November 2016 for CHF 11,002,000, more than tripling its estimate. It became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction.

The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6239 that Paul Newman wore, inscribed 'Drive Carefully Me', sold at Phillips in New York on 26 October 2017 for US$17,752,500. It became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction.

Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi sold for US$450,312,500 including fees at Christie's in New York on 15 November 2017, the most ever paid for any artwork at auction. It beat the previous auction record, Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger at US$179.4 million.

On 25 August 2018 RM Sotheby's sold Greg Whitten's 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, chassis 3413, for US$48,405,000 in Monterey, the most valuable car ever sold at auction at that time.

On 22 September 2018 Comcast won the UK takeover auction for Sky, its 17.28 pound per share offer beating 21st Century Fox's 15.67 pounds and valuing Sky at about 30.6 billion pounds.

The unique stainless-steel Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 sold for CHF 31 million at the Only Watch charity auction run by Christie's in Geneva on 9 November 2019. It was the most expensive watch ever sold at auction.

The first of 170 Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/1A-018 watches with a Tiffany Blue dial sold for US$6.5 million at Phillips in New York on 11 December 2021, a record for a wristwatch sold online.

Gustav Klimt's final portrait, Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan), sold for $108.7 million (£85.3 million) at Sotheby's in London after a ten-minute bidding war, becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction in Europe.

Sotheby's sold the Stegosaurus skeleton nicknamed Apex in New York on 17 July 2024 for US$44.6 million, the most ever paid for a fossil at auction. The previous record was US$31.8 million for the T. rex Stan in 2020.

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ completed a deal to buy newly issued Sotheby's shares alongside fresh capital from majority owner Patrick Drahi, together about $1 billion, mostly used to cut the auction house's debt.

René Magritte's 1954 L'Empire Des Lumières, from the estate of interior designer Mica Ertegun, sold for $121.2 million at Christie's in New York, a record for the artist and for Surrealist art at auction, reportedly to billionaire Ken Griffin.

Sotheby's told clients it was scrapping the streamlined buyer's-premium and flat seller's-commission structure it had rolled out in May, reverting from 17 February 2025 to bespoke seller terms and a tiered buyer's premium of 15% to 27% of the hammer price.

The stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 that set the 2016 record sold again at Phillips in Geneva on 8 November 2025 for CHF 14,190,000 (US$17.6 million). It is the most valuable vintage Patek Philippe wristwatch ever sold at auction.

Logan Paul's PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator card sold at Goldin for US$16,492,000 on 16 February 2026, the most ever paid for a trading card at auction. Paul had paid US$5.275 million for it in a 2021 private trade that set the earlier Pokemon card record.

Phillips' Geneva Watch Auction XXIII totalled CHF 74,846,995 across 225 lots, the highest total for any watch auction in history, led by a Patek Philippe Ref. 2523 'Polychrome Two-Crown World Time' that sold for CHF 7,961,000.

Collector-car auctions during 2026 Monterey Car Week totalled a record $755.6 million across five auction houses, according to Hagerty, led by a 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe at $42.9 million and a bespoke Ferrari Luce 'Tailor Made' that sold for $40 million.

Art Basel's fifth Paris edition, the first under new director Karim Crippa, brings 211 exhibitors from 41 countries to the Grand Palais from 23 to 25 October, after preview days on 21 and 22 October.

Phillips will hold The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV over two sessions on 7 and 8 November 2026 at the Hotel President Wilson, offering 221 lots led by a stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1436 split-seconds chronograph from 1945 estimated at up to CHF 4,000,000.

Christie's will hold its live 'Rare Watches Including Watches for ELA' sale in Geneva on 9 November 2026, after its May Geneva sale made CHF 33.1 million. An online 'Geneva Edit' sale runs 15-22 October.

Indonesia's 2026 Cup of Excellence coffees go to online auction at 13:00 UTC on 1 December 2026, after an international jury week on 19-23 October. Only coffees scoring above 87 make the top 30 lots.

North America's largest contemporary-art fair returns to the Miami Beach Convention Center from 4 to 6 December, with more than 280 galleries from over 40 countries, anchoring the broader Miami Art Week.

Peru's tenth Cup of Excellence ends with an international online auction on 8 December 2026; coffees scoring 87+ go to buyers, after a record US$490,752 auction in 2025.

The top-scoring Brazilian coffees of the 2026 Cup of Excellence go to online auction at 13:00 UTC on 10 December 2026, after the international jury meets 26-29 October. Three categories each recognise their top 10 coffees scoring 87 or above.