Get ready for frenzied bidding and jaw-dropping prices as a huge range of art treasures go under the hammer in London, Paris and New York. From a snuff box made from the timbers of HMS Victory, through a ‘ski chair’ made for the Maharaja of Indore in 1929 which may fetch over £2 million, to a Qianlong Dynasty jade teapot and Mrs Thatcher’s handbag, the tension rises as the auction prices grow.