Pictured top is a Flemish armet of c.1510 which made £15,000 at Thomas Del Mar in London on December 4.
An Assyrian bronze helmet hammered from a single sheet of bronze and dating from the 8th-7th century BC made €16,000 (£13,795) at Hermann Historica of Munich in November.
A complete French black and white cuirassier’s armour of c.1620 realised €30,000 (£25,860) also at Hermann Historica.