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With estimates from £350, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news that the incoming ban on antique scrimshaw and narwhal tusk trade has been delayed.

Four Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) family portraits acquired under the Acceptance in Lieu scheme have gone go on public display for the first time.

A collection of watercolours amassed by Iolo Williams (1890-1962) which had been kept under a bed for over half a century raised a total of £89,150 at Olympia Auctions on October 2.

Two of the most familiar works by Estonian graphic artist Eduard Wiiralt (1898-1954) came for sale at a recent sale at Revere Auctions in St Paul, Minnesota.

A rare example from a pioneer of modern musical boxes came for sale at Lawrences of Crewkerne

An impressive array of North Devon pottery dating from the 18th to the 20th century comes for sale at Chilcotts in Honiton on October 12.

On October 26, Freeman’s Hindman in Cincinnati will offer what is believed to be the first American photograph of a romantically posed interracial couple.

This week’s record gold price has led to greater amounts of antique items being scrapped.

A selection of important British works were on offer at Forum Auctions, including these four highlights that hammered over estimate

Due to the fact that they represent a meeting of three continents and cultures, barniz de Pasto (Pasto varnish) boxes have recently been described by Jorge F Rivas Perez, curator of Latin American Art at the Denver Art Museum, as ‘some of the first works of a globalised world’.