Auctions

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Chillida and Giacometti compositions are sought after by bidders

Japanese artist Kusama’s set of lithographs with signature motifs demonstrates more affordable way to collect

A late 19th century musical automaton made during the Golden Age of French automata emerged from a Staffordshire house clearance to take £3200 at Richard Winterton (22% buyer’s premium).

An early ceramic work by Otto Lindig was one of the stars at a recent sale at Mehlis (24% buyer’s premium) in Plauen.

A Märklin tinplate ocean liner toy ship from c.1905-12 estimated at £250-300 steamed away on sale day in Nottingham at a hammer price of £24,000.

A rare 14th century gold coin, an Edward III leopard that was in circulation for just seven months, has been hammered down for a mid-estimate £70,000.

The strongest claimant to the title of world’s first cigarette card returned to the rostrum at a recent sale held at Sportingold in Barnsley.

Kilkenny auction house Fonsie Mealy is holding a contents sale at Newport House in Newport, County Mayo, on October 20-21.

Collector built friendships all over the world when amassing a record of two centuries of mining equipment

Bumper auction includes set of Pooh books and 58 lots of modern firsts from a single vendor

Relatively few Britannia Standard silver dinner services from the Queen Anne period are available to buy.

Paintings by the Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch seldom make it to market and when they do, regularly command six-figure and on occasions even seven-figure prices.