Auction - Season 3

As leading auction houses open their doors, more than 100 pianos go on sale at Conway Hall and Sotheby's offers a Francesco Guardi view of Venice - worth around £20million.

Bonham's gets set to sell a very special Jaguar E-Type at the Goodwood Revival Festival. Plus, a vibrant, valuable and rarely-seen Picasso comes up for grabs in London

A hundred years after the sinking of the Titanic, a crew member's suitcase appears at auction. At Christie's, a larger-than-life baby sculpture by Ron Mueck causes a furore.

Memorabilia from the Space Race of the 1960s is being auctioned in New York, while over in London, author Jeffrey Archer is clearing out his art collection.

A self-portrait by Warhol causes a stir when it goes on sale in London. Two Jeff Koons Winter Bears and a once-controversial painting by Poynter also come up for grabs.

A magnificent collection of paintings by Lowry is up for sale in London, along with a rare Enigma machine and a biscuit from Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic expedition.

In London, Christie's auctions photos of Marilyn Monroe and a painting of Derby Day by William Powell Frith that had been hanging in an unlocked beach hut for 50 years.

A one-million-pound note printed after World War II comes up for grabs, along with a familiar sculpture of Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt sitting on a bench.

Elizabeth Taylor's fabulous jewels go on sale at Sotheby's. Expected to fetch up to £30million, the collection includes the Krupp diamond given to her by Richard Burton.

In Paris, art owned by collector Darthea Speyer goes on sale. Plus, celebrity watches go under the hammer in New York, including a piece Howard Hughes once gave as a gift.