Walk-in appraisal days were one lucrative source of fresh material at 2012 auctions. In the antiques and collectibles segment, auction record prices were set by five noteworthy objects at sales across the U.S.

1.Mexican renegade Pancho Villa's last saddle sold for $718,000 (with buyer's premium) at High Noon Western Americana Weekend, held Jan. 28-29, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz. Finely crafted with silver conchos, the revolutionary's final seat before he was assasinated brought a record price for a saddle.

2. A consignor who used an inherited blanket daily was surprised when it was bid up to $1.8 million, a record price for a Navajo textile. The "Chantland Blanket" was sold by John Moran Auctioneers to noted specialist Donald Ellis.

3. A circa-1900 German-made toy of the Marklin paddelwheeler "Chicago" brought $264,500, a record for a tinplate boat, at Bertoia Auctions.

4. Kaminski Auctions sold a pair of English glass decanters that had sat quietly on the consignors' sideboard for years. The rare enameled set was probably the work of William Collins, a London glassmaker working around 1810-1820, and brought $46,215 (with buyers' premium).

5. The Duc d’Orléans Breguet Sympathique set a new auction record for any clock and the second-highest price for any timepiece at auction, bringing $6,802,500 at Sotheby's.