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The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of an Old Master making over 40 times estimate

Air gunner Sergeant Derrick John Allen was returning from an operation to Dusseldorf when his Lancaster was attacked several times – forcing the crew to bail.

The two-day sale at Adam Partridge in Macclesfield includes seven works by John Bellany (1942-2013).

Britain’s first million-pound player won two European Cups under Brian Clough as part of a sparkling footballing career – now his personal collection heads to auction

A descendent of Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who was Prime Minister three times in the 1850s and 1860s, consigned an extraordinary autograph album for sale at Chiswick Auctions.

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has returned an ancient bronze funerary couch to Turkey after concluding that it had been illicitly excavated in the early 1980s.

The first part of the auction of the extraordinary coin collection of Lars Emil Bruun (1852-1923) raised a total of €14.8m (£12.5m) including premium last week.

One of only two copies of 1961’s Fantastic Four No 1 comic to be awarded a Near Mint+ 9.6 grade by Certified Guaranty Company set a record for this historic first chapter in the Marvel Universe.

A new auction record has been set for Peranakan or Straits Settlement porcelain in Singapore.

A depiction of a church by LS Lowry (1887-1976) made in collaboration with his lifelong friend Revd Geoffrey Bennett drew strong interest at the latest sale at Mitchells in Cumbria.

With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week