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The pictures have been consigned by a New York collector and were recently shown in London as part of a marketing tour.

At a Christie's sale in London in 2005 he paid £15.6m for a rare, cobalt blue and white 14th-century jar (pictured right) that had been consigned by a Dutch collector.

Sotheby's has a rare work by Amadeo Modigliani dating back to 1913, which has been consigned by a British collector and which has not been seen at auction for nearly 30 years.

The Getty's auction acquisitions under Schaefer included J.M.W. Turner's 1839 painting "Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino,"  bought for $44.9 million at a 2010 Sotheby's auction in London; it had been consigned by a British family whose forbears had acquired it at an auction 132 years earlier.

Intricate, finely carved and richly coloured, the vase was almost certainly fired in the imperial kilns for the emperor Qianlong, and is exactly the sort of work that appeals to the Chinese new rich.The vase had been consigned by an anonymous brother and sister who were clearing out a suburban family home.

Many were listed as being consigned by a woman in Switzerland known only as "Madame Andre".

John D. Block, who heads Sotheby's jewelry department, confirmed the report that the ruby was consigned by a Far Eastern dealer but would not disclose the name.

(A Sotheby's spokeswoman told me that the auction house has "not knowingly sold any items" consigned by Ghiya since 1997, and has "the most rigorous duediligence program in the art market". She also said that Lot 135 was consigned by a New York dealer who to her knowledge has no connection to Ghiya).

Try to ascertain, for example, if a piece is fresh to the market, perhaps from an estate, or whether it's consigned by a dealer, which could mean it's something that, for whatever reason, didn't sell in the shop.

(A Sotheby's spokeswoman told me that the auction house has "not knowingly sold any items" consigned by Ghiya since 1997, and has "the most rigorous duediligence program in the art market". She also said that Lot 135 was consigned by a New York dealer who to her knowledge has no connection to Ghiya). Christie's also continued to auction material that he stole, Ghiya said.

The Buddy L toys have been consigned by Richard Keats, a well-known New York toy designer who owned Buddy L from 1976 to 1990.