Christie’s evening auction of Old Master and British Paintings realised £85,057,100 / $133,454,590 / €105,725,975, the highest ever total for the category on 3 July 2012 at London, King Street. The top price was paid for The Lock, a masterpiece by John Constable (1776-1837) which realised £22,441,250 / $35,210,321 / €27,894,474 - a world record price for the artist at auction.