Pancho villa’s pistol

The piece I’d never part with

MANOR PARK CLASSICS, RUNCORN. 19 JULY

A cut-crystal bed, with associated mirrors and throne, sparkled at auction earlier this month, but no glamour could beat the prize that was the Union Flag flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar

SWVA, POOLE. 31 JULY

Capturing these instruments during the Peninsula War secured ‘The Cumberland Gentleman’ a unique battle honour

RM SOTHEBY’S, CLIVEDEN HOUSE. 8 JULY