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Our selection of stand-out lots from upcoming auctions.

Etymologist buys a glossary which provides a rich seam when it comes to English language changes

Historic Buddhist gems will return to India thanks to a private deal after a planned Sotheby’s sale of the items was cancelled.

The only known portrait of the inventor Reverend Edward Barlow (1639-1719) was sold by Bath horology specialist Gardiner Houlgate (20% buyer’s premium) earlier this summer.

A signed postcard of Oscar Wilde from an image by Alfred Ellis of Baker Street impressed in a timed online sale at Cheffins (25% buyer’s premium).

Among the bidders’ favourites at the sale of antiques on May 16-23 at Kinsky (30% buyer’s premium) in Vienna was a highly ornate, mid-16th century German or Austrian forged iron padlock with key.

Piece made by St Petersburg factory was produced to mark 1827 allied triumph over Ottoman forces

Response and update to customs declarations legal column

During Edward Belcher’s fruitless two-year search for the lost Franklin expedition from 1852-54, many attempts were made to communicate with Inuit hunters in the hope they would have news of Franklin’s men.

On Friday, August 8, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $3398.00 €2907.34 £2528.12

Ar ts char ity Jerwood Foundation has purchased another Ben Nicholson (1894- 1982) artwork.

Hard to believe perhaps in today’s glamorous world of the Champions League, but the great Ferenc Puskás (1927-2006) and Real Madrid once graced the turf of Scottish football club Kilmarnock.

According to tradition, supported by handwritten documents, this 19th century, gold-mounted micromosaic brooch was given by Prussian King Frederick William III to his second wife Auguste von Harrach, Princess of Liegnitz.

Angus had a long and successful business career across many fields especially at Henri-Lloyd, the yachting outfitters, but in the arts world he was the owner and director of Burlington Paintings and Burlington Gallery for many years.

Barriers installed by Kensington and Chelsea council as terrorism prevention are causing problems for local businesses including antiques dealers.

Two works catalogued as ‘circle of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82)’ caught the attention at a recent sale at Keys in Aylsham, one creeping over estimate but the other smashing it spectacularly.

Even though the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was abolished in 1918, there is still no shortage of nostalgic buyers for memorabilia and relics from the House of Habsburg.

Book dealer vents his frustrations with red tape

As with many popular film and TV brands such as James Bond and The Avengers, manufacturers were eager to cash in on Thunderbirds with an array of merchandise.

Modern-day observers of the Scottish football scene could be forgiven for thinking that Celtic dominance is perfectly normal.