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The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of an Alfred Dunhill Aquarium table lighter setting a record at Chiswick Auctions.

Elements of a collection of ‘Mouseman’ furniture made for the daughter of Robert Thompson (1876 -1955) himself have come for sale in Yorkshire this month.

One of the earliest works on English viticulture comes for sale at Chiswick Auctions this month.

The player was named player of the tournament after winning the World Cup for Argentina

An early 19th century ‘British School’ watercolour painting of a waterfall raced away from a guide of $200-300 to bring $18,000 (£14,400) at an auction in Massachusetts this week.

Another 10 antiquities from Egypt are being returned to the country following an intervention by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg Jr.

The West Bromwich Albion shirt from the 1978 FA Cup semi-final sold for £11,000 at Stacey’s Auctioneers in Essex.

A large single-owner collection of 567 lots of art and artefacts from China, the Middle East and Europe, put together over a lifetime, is coming to auction at Roseberys.

Three boxing prints proved to be heavy hitters at Wimbledon Auctions on April 29, selling for 32-times the high estimate.

Michel Ney (1769-1815) was probably the most famous of Napoleon’s marshals.

The J Paul Getty Museum has acquired 17 drawings dating from the 16th to early 20th centuries from a private collection.

An action figure that never was will be going under the hammer this month.

With estimates from £380, here are five previews of upcoming items.