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That more than 2,500 guns from this consignment are still in circulation is deeply worrying.' Anna Macdonald, Oxfam's director of campaigns, said: 'It's astonishing that more than 2,500 weapons could have been exported from Croatia with so few checks.

The Russian consignment was almost as opulent, when it finally arrived, having been held up by ice in the Baltic.

The shop's most valuable consignment was a few blocks away, at Sotheby's, under high security: a Stradivarius viola, known as the Macdonald.

In a season when collectors are jittery because of the volatility and uncertainty of financial markets, Mr. Norton's consignment is particularly important for Christie's.

Not mentioned by Hagerty but a nevertheless significant consignment is a 1935 Duesenberg Model JN Convertible Coupe previously owned by Clark Gable, also offered by Gooding.

But Mrs. Cowles's painting, which Mr. Gagosian took on consignment, was eventually sold for only $2 million after assertions by the gallery — disputed by Mrs. Cowles — that it was damaged.

The officials added that the consignment was hidden in sugar bags marked as "part of the humanitarian aid provided by the European Union" to Palestinians in Gaza.

Winebow said that, in a first-round shipment, it could give New York only 150 cases (a second consignment is due later this month).

A week before the consignment was due she received a text saying the date had been put back to 30 June.

"In an otherwise bleak retail scene, consignment is a thriving area," Ms. Fluhr said, noting that her business is 30percentt ahead for the first four months of 2008.

Little says that while UR redistributed a few of its weapons – "there were some deals around the edges" – most of its consignment was kept intact.