The £20k moany grandmother

Nan exceeds 99p estimate on eBay

Bergman chess pieces bring $143k

An auction of items once owned by the 'autuer' film maker has proven a massive success

$130k Civil War revolvers found in cupboard

'I thought there was only one gun in the box - that's how much I knew,'

Lottery awards £274k for Princess's jewellery

Anglo-Saxon trove is of national importance and 'unparalleled by other historians' discoveries,' say experts

£16k US Declaration of Independence found

A 19th century copy that a college almost binned is discovered and sold in an online auction

Outrage over sale of serial killer's letters

An auction of letters by murderer Harold Shipman is 'raking it up again' for the families, says coroner

Paul McCartney's childhood essay discovered

Aged 10, he beat other competition entrants from all over Liverpool with his essay about the 'lovely young Queen'
The £2m communion cup...

The £2m communion cup...

A silver chalice used for hundreds of years has a new appraisal

Child prodigies let loose on $28m of antique instruments

Canada's classical music stars of the future eagerly await access to historic violins, cellos and other memorabilia

1911 Cornish silver inkwell priced £4-6k

'Newlyn silver is almost unknown... I would love to find out why this piece was made,' says local of the mysterious 1911 piece

Rolls Royce to star at one of UK's largest country house auctions

�200k sale includes memorabilia and antiques worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, Dutch furniture and continental paintings

The surprising treasures of Dartmouth Town Council

Ceremonial maces, chains and an autograph book signed by a French President worth six figure sums