Mitchells in Cockermouth will hold its first coins sale next week, curated by new auctioneer Richard Harrison.

The coins and banks section will feature in the auction house's two-day antiques and fine art sale.

Among the items up for grabs is a single-owner local collection of 176 lots, including a George III Guinea dated 1797 and expected to make £350 to £450.

The antique and fine art sale, billed as the most interesting sale of the year by auctioneer and saleroom director Mark Wise, will feature 1,640 lots in total.

The most eye-catching and valuable lot in the sale is an extremely rare 19th century dolls' house or display cabinet. Made in the manner of the renowned Jamaican cabinet maker Ralph Turnbull and measuring 92cm wide, it is valued between £6,000 and £8,000.

Among the collectors’ items is a locally-owned collection of 10 live steam scale model locomotives and stationary engines. The most valuable is expected to be a 5in gauge live steam locomotive with tender named Royal Engineer LMS 6109. In black and red, it is 70in long and expected to make between £3,000 and £5,000.

A 3.5in gauge live steam tank locomotive LMS 2425 in black and measuring 36in long is expected to make £1,000 to £1,500.

The sale features a strong picture section ranging from traditional to modern.

The most valuable paintings are expected to be oil on canvas paintings entitled Still Life, Fruits on a Shelf with Landscape Beyond by Mary Fedden (1915-2012), signed and dated 1990, and The Artist and Diana with Lilies by John Randall Bratby (1922-1992), dated 1972. Both are valued between £3,000 and £5,000.

There are many paintings of local interest including a selection of 24 watercolours by Edward H Thompson (1879-1949) for bidders to choose from. Among them is Moonlight over Bassenthwaite, which is expected to make between £800-£1,200.

Other paintings of local interest are a watercolour by Harry Sutton Palmer (1854-1933) titled Windermere from Waterhead, valued at £800 to £1,200, and an oil on board titled An Industrial Lancashire Landscape by Brian Bradshaw (b.1923), valued at £400 to £600.

Other notable artists featured in the sale include Percy Kelly, William Heaton Cooper, Len Roope, Alan Nelson, Joel Kirk, Charles Wyatt Warren, Michael Bennett, William Mellor, Everett Mellor, Paul Jones, Ebeneezer Albert Warmington, David Bates and William Manners among others.

A rare early postcard of Carlisle United circa 1905 is valued at £60 to £80.

Furniture highlights include four lots of Robert “Mouseman” Thompson oak furniture featuring his famous trademark mouse motif. These include an oak sideboard which is expected to make between £1,500 and £2,500, a refectory table valued at £1,200 to £1,800 and an open bookcase likely to make £700 to £1,000.

Notable clocks include a 19th century automaton table clock with an estimate of £1,000 to £1,500 and a 19th century walnut regulator longcase clock valued at £1,500 to £2,500.

Lots can be viewed at the saleroom on Sunday, November 26 from 11am to 3pm, Monday, November 27 and Tuesday, November 28 between 10am and 5pm, Wednesday, November 29 from 10am to 7pm and throughout the sale, which takes place next Thursday and Friday.