Printed with the number HN355, it was produced between 1919 and 1938) and was of a child in a pastel blue nightshirt clutching a doll dressed in a striped nightshirt.
It is difficult to recall another on the market in recent years, one reason, no doubt why it shared the top price of the sale at £1720.
The top honour in John Taylor's sale was shared by a late 18th/early 19th century mahogany tea table which showed signs of distress to its crossbanded top but obviously had great potential.
£1750 for Nixon rarity
UK: THERE remains some serious money available for the rarest of the Royal Doulton HN series figures as was seen at this Lincolnshire sale when one of the first of the Harry Nixon series was offered.
