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This rare panorama of London was published in 1674, a few years after the Great Fire.

Measuring 12in x 3ft (30 x 92cm), it shows a view of the burning city as seen from Southwark on the South Bank, with both the Globe and Swan theatres visible in the foreground and London Bridge depicted with the heads of the executed on pikes at the entrance.

At the 360th Anniversary Sale at Spink in London on December 9 the estimate is £4000-4500. spink.com*

This 1957 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company model 2104 Multi Selecter Phonograph, serial number 286593, is estimated at £6000-8000 in the Sporting and Collectors Auction at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood on December 9-10.

Standing 4ft 7in (1.4m high), it has a wooden body with chrome trim and green and orange lighting, and features a 45rpm turntable with capacity for 52 records and 104 track selections, together with service manual and a collection of spares. The phonograph is described as being “in working order at time of cataloguing”. bhandl.co.uk*

This powerful poster by Bryan de Grineau (1882-1957), Scot Passes Scot, printed for the London Midland & Scottish railway by SC Allen in 1937, was bought by the vendor at British Railways’ once renowned Collectors Corner store at Euston Station in 1970 for £16. Dorset specialist auction house Onslows will be offering the poster on December 5, with the 3ft 4in x 4ft 2in (1.02 x 1.27m) design now estimated at £2000-2500. onslows.co.uk

This document recording a payment of £200 to Francis Hall of St James’ Parish, Westminster in May 1718 is signed in trust by Master of the Royal Mint Sir Isaac Newton and his friend and colleague Hopton Haynes (c.1672-1749).