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, the leading search engine aggregator for art and antique auctions - covering 1,600 auction houses and carrying half a million objects at any one time - has taken a snapshot of the year, highlighting trends. The table by the Danish designer Peder Moos, from 1952, that was made for Villa Aubertin in Rosnaes, Nakskov Fjord i Norway. The estimate was £150,000- £200 000, but it was sold for £602,500 at Phillips.
A statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, made by Israeli artist Itai Zalait as a form of protest against him and placed without official permission outside Tel Aviv's city hall, is seen on December 6, 2016. JACK GUEZ / AFP
A statue of the Hindu god of destruction, Kal Bhairab is seen at Durbar Square in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on December 6, 2016. Home to the palaces of Malla and Shah kings who ruled over the city, Durbar Square is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
A photo taken on December 2, 2016 shows the Edouard VII square in Paris. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP
A photographer looks at the sky at night to see the annual Geminid meteor shower near Provenzales' rock, in Maira Valley, northern Italy on December 6, 2016. MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP
The Crescent moon is seen next to the top of the illuminated Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel) on December 5, 2016 in Paris. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
A diver dressed as a Santa Claus swims with fish at the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on December 5, 2016. The aquarium is holding the Christmas show twice daily until December 25 to attract visitors. KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP
Happiness (L) and Hasna (R), both models from Dar es Salaam, wait backstage prior to the opening night of the Swahili Fashion Week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on December 2, 2016. STR / AFP
This photo taken on November 29, 2016 shows dancers performing acts from the Australian Ballet's 2017 season of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Sydney. SAEED KHAN / AFP
Visitors watch a diver from an underwater tunnel of an aquarium at the Central Zoo on the outskirts of Pyongyang on November 27, 2016. Ed JONES / AFP
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