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A digital museum showcasing items from the celebrated clock collection of John C Taylor launches next month.

Memorabilia from the descendants of Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland – the officer Napoleon surrendered to on board HMS Bellerophon on July 15, 1815 – is coming to auction.

Blue-glazed decoration thought to have been invented by king’s architect takes £55,000 at auction

Actress cheated by the Prince of Wales turned to a campaign based on ‘injustice of mental subordination’

Portrait of monarch impresses as château of the Comtes de Marcellus delivers treasures to auction

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

Toby Taylor launched Taylors Direct in the Cotswolds around three year s ago.

An ensemble of modernist rosewood furniture by the designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) is to be offered by Valoir Pousse-Cornet auction house.

Charles Dickens spent a great many chapters of his life in Kent, and had much to say about the Medway towns including Faversham, where he described “the queer little market square... the lop-sided little town hall with its big-faced clock and supporting pillars forming a little arcade, in which probably the merchants of Faversham do congregate”.

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming auctions

A Chinese blue and white dish recognised by bidders as a fine example of bleu de Hue porcelain flew to $26,000 (£20,500).

The owner of a visitors book from 10 Downing Street dating from the Margaret Thatcher and John Major era plans to sell it despite the government saying it is official property.

Essex saleroom Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) enjoyed a white-glove sale and a £406,000 total for the personal collection of Maurice Turpin (1928-2005).

A printing of George Washington’s 1795 Thanksgiving Day proclamation sold way above hopes at Sarasota Estate Auction (23% buyer’s premium) in Florida.

Richard Potter (1783-1835) is considered the first successful stage magician born in the US and African-American celebrity.

The Royal Doulton figure Guy Fawkes designed by Charles Noke was issued as HN98 from 1918.

Some of the strongest demand at the latest Old Master auctions in New York came among the works on paper sales.

Both Sotheby’s and Christie’s offered notable works by French artist Hubert Robert (1733-1808) at the latest Old Master auction series in New York.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

The British and US postal clerks aboard transatlantic liners had the duty of sorting the mail during the passage.