Sotheby’s held their October Contemporary Art Auction - 73% of the works were sold and total of the sales came in at £12,757,125.

Christie’s in London held a series of auctions selling Post-War and Contemporary Art, sales came in at £11.2 million.

Berlin’s war-ruined Neues Museum opened after 70 years as a home for Queen Nefertiti’s bust and the city’s Egyptian collections.