A pair of bloomers that belonged to Queen Victoria have sold for more than three times their original estimate.
The white silk undergarments went for STG9375 ($A14,420), including a buyer's premium of 25 per cent.
They were expected to fetch STG3000.
An oil painting of Queen Victoria and her faithful servant John Brown, which the monarch gave him as a gift, made STG145,250, more than three times the estimate.
They were sold along with more than 500 royal paintings, letters, furniture and other items in an auction at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh.
The collection came from the contents of Old Battersea House - the London home of the Forbes family, the American publishing dynasty.
The sale made more than STG3 million.
Simon Edsor, director of the Fine Art Society and art adviser to the Forbes family, said: "This is a great result and demonstrates how much interest from around the globe there is in royal memorabilia."
The bloomers and the painting of Queen Victoria and John Brown were purchased by buyers who wanted to remain anonymous.
Old Battersea House hosted many famous visitors over the years including former US president Ronald Reagan and Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor, who stayed at the house on her honeymoon.
The late 17th century house was bought and restored in 1970 by Malcolm Forbes and his son Christopher Forbes, vice-chairman of the Forbes publishing company, under the guidance of architect Vernon Gibberd.
Other items in the sale included a four-poster bed that Elizabeth Taylor slept in with her seventh husband Lord Fortensky, which made STG9375.
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