LONDON.- Christie’s offered a selection of works from the Spencer Collections this week at their London salerooms. The auctions realised a total of £21,076,288 / $31,989,353 / €25,360,494. The top price was paid for A Commander being armed for Battle by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) which sold for £9,001,250 / $13,663,898 / €10,846,506 at the evening auction of Old Master & 19th Century Art on 6 July. The Trustees of Althorp Estate: “For the sales this week we carefully chose a selection of works from Althorp that could be offered at public auction while maintaining the breadth and integrity of the core Spencer collections. The Trustees are pleased that the auctions at Christie’s attracted such significant worldwide interest from both collectors and public institutions, and that they realised a total of £21.1 million. The sales have released capital that will make it possible for us to further diversify