The price fetched for these works - each weighs 104 pounds - was the highest ever paid for American silver sold at auction.

Weird though yonder beings were, they could be overcome, to sell for a much higher price than any Saracens or Circassians would fetch.

The highest price fetched was £51 15s.

After noticing several high prices fetched at a few recent auctions, he concluded that the money was starting to feed the art market.

So the high price fetched for the Monet was greeted here as proof that great art can sell anywhere.

The highest prices for young wines fetched in the autumn 2007 auctions, as full bottle prices excluding tax and commission, were:

It has proved a profitable wine for investors, with the price of its 2005 and 2000 vintage fetching over £10,000 per case.

And so the list continued detailing the prices fetched for Brympton d'Evercy's former treasures.

The price invited comparisons to the record $104.1 million recently fetched for Picasso's "Boy With a Pipe."

The highest price fetched for a football (soccer) match worn shirt is $224,000.