A collection of 28 German tinplate clockwork toys all found buyers, generally above estimate, at Bourne End Auctions (15% buyer’s premium) on October 4.
Topseller was a Ski Rolf figure, above, one of 18 Lehmann figures in the Buckinghamshire sale. Produced c.1929, the 7½in (19cm) tall design is one of the illustrious factory’s rarer figures and, against an estimate of £600-1000, sold to a collector at £1600.