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The sold-out auction of a remarkable collection of medals spanning more than 200 years of naval history included fine examples of a Victoria Cross and a George Cross.

A Victorian taxidermy display of now extinct huia birds from New Zealand sold at Kinghams Auctioneers for £38,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) to a room bidder.

A collection of vintage comic books amassed by two brothers, including a UK first issue of 'The Incredible Hulk comic', is to be auctioned by Gildings Auctioneers on August 1.

A ‘Football’ pattern hexagonal vase was among the highlights at the sale of a single owner Clarice Cliff collection sale at Anderson & Garland this week.

A remarkable solid gold medallion created for the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 turned up at Jacobs & Hunt in Liss, Hampshire.

The library of Birmingham-Southern College, featuring early works on the history of North America and classics of science and literature, will be sold at Grant Zahajko Auctions in Davenport, Washington over two days on July 31-August 1.

Auction house Dreweatts has secured a consignment of works from the Mayfair home of Eskandar and Fatima Maleki. It will offer the collection in a dedicated sale on September 25.

Painter and educator Barrie Cook (1929-2020) was an adopted son of Cornwall.

King’s Auctions of Las Vegas has been appointed by the Superior Court of California to sell a collection of original artworks signed by Michael Jackson (1958-2009).

Start a Collection was launched by David Messum to encourage and welcome first-time buyers. This year's event celebrates the work of Zsuzsi Roboz (1929-2012).

Catalogued simply as 'a cased pair of spectacles, 19th century, the case in shagreen, along with three magnifying glasses', this understated lot estimated at £30-50 fell between a portrait miniature of Napoleon and a set of 1950s headlights.

The Irish musician’s guitar collection, including his famous Fender Stratocaster, will appear at Bonhams in October

Buffalo Bill biographies dedicated to UK tour partner sold by the latter’s family

The glasses were given to the vendor as a birthday gift in 1968 and will be sold by Catherine Southon Auctioneers

An outstanding example of British medieval pottery sold as part of the Stanley F Goldfein collection of ceramics drew fervent bidding at a recent US auction.

With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week