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The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news that Lord Ashcroft’s medal collection is no longer to be displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London

A British government red leather dispatch case belonging to the minister of state for colonial affairs achieved an above estimate price at a recent Bonhams’ timed sale.

Despite achieving an impressive sum, an important Iron Age coin fell short of setting a new auction record at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s.

In a rare double sighting of the great bustard – a bird extinct in Britain – a picture and taxidermy are offered at auction

The ‘Victorian Village’ at Flambards theme park, consigned to Penzance saleroom Lay’s for sale on March 25-28, has been sold by private treaty

The British Art Market Federation (BAMF) has welcomed the government’s announcement of changes to the Temporary Admission procedure, which relieves the import duties for eligible goods that are imported temporarily.

The cigar case given as a token of appreciation for safely transporting General Espartero Baldomero to exile in England found plenty of admirers at Noonans

Held by the same Dutch family for just over 300 years, a very high grade Elizabeth I gold Sovereign comes for sale this week.

The Leica I was the first mass-produced Leica. One of its prototypes, the 0-series, heads to auction this summer

A collection of works owned by German-born art historian Klaus Hinrichsen (1912-2004), a key figure in promoting émigré art in the UK, emerged at the latest specialist Prints & Multiples sale at south London saleroom Roseberys (26% buyer’s premium).

As with Pierre Jeanneret and his vision for Chandigarh in India, Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) is famous for his involvement in the city of Brasilia as chief architect.

The artist Matevž Langus (1792-1855) is not a familiar name in UK salerooms. However, in his native Slovenia he remains well known as a portraitist and fresco painter.

Rasmus Malling-Hansen designed the pincushion-like device in 1865 to help deaf students "speak with their fingers"