OVER 500 lots were offered for sale at last Saturday’s auction of racing pictures and memorabilia collected by the late Nick O’Toole.

Conducted by Sean Eacrett in Ballybrittas, Co Laois, the auction saw a top price of €2,700 paid for “a quantity of racecards”, which included several of Nijinsky’s races from 1969 and 1970, signed by Lester Piggott and/or Vincent O’Brien.