LONDON.- Sotheby’s December series of Old Master & British Paintings sales in London concluded yesterday having realised an overall total of £27,991,125 / $44,040,725 / €33,454,918, which is comfortably within pre-sale expectations. Wednesday night’s Evening Sale – which realised £23,577,700 and established a new auction record for the British master George Stubbs – was followed by yesterday’s Day Sale, which brought £4,413,525. These sales bring the total for worldwide sales of Old Master & British Pictures at Sotheby’s this year to $242,035,521 – a figure which sees Sotheby’s continue its domination in the field of Old Master Paintings for a tenth successive year.** Sotheby’s has also dominated in the combined category of Old Master & British Paintings since British Paintings were first introduced to its Old Master Evening Sales in 2007. The undoubted highlight of this year’