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ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Dunhill lighter with a rare intaglio of a woodpecker that sold at Chiswick Auctions.

The handwritten lyrics for Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and the piano which Freddie Mercury used to compose it were among the major highlights at Sotheby's auction of the singer’s collection in London.

Valuable antiques and jewellery were stolen from a former dealer’s home in Rainford, St Helens and the police are appealing for help.

ATG’s selection of items coming up for auction in the US includes a maquette for a famous sculpture that has become a London landmark.

With estimates from £1000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included a reader’s letter regarding the sale of timber from the famous London department store Liberty.

A recently rediscovered oil sketch of Willy Lott’s House by John Constable (1776-1837) will be offered in the Channel Islands this month. Martel Maides Auctions expect it to sell for £80,000-120,000 on September 21.