The rare mask was one of fewer than a dozen carried in museums around the world. The dealer then sold the mask at an auction in Montpellier a few months it was sold to him buy the elderly French couple
The coin went to auction on October 3 in Mayfair and originally it was expected to sell at around £2,000 - however, it went for much more than anticipated at £3,000
The £5 banknote, dated July 12, 1900, was first issued at the Bank of England’s Leeds branch and is one of a few that still exist, and could exceed its estimated value of £12,000 to £16,000
The 1814 oil sketch, last recorded in 1979, depicts Willy Lott’s Cottage in Flatford, Suffolk and was rediscovered hanging in a dark corner of a dining room in Guernsey
The prized Wally Bird piece was taken from Pitzhanger Manor House in Ealing in 2007 but was recently spotted in a catalogue by a researcher looking into stolen art