Paddington bears the mantle of Sydney's weekend top auction seller

Interior designer Jane Duncan-Weaver secured the weekend's highest auction sale when $3.25 million was paid for her Paddington home. The four-bedroom terrace has a north-facing garden, plunge pool, self-contained studio and a double lock-up garage on its 242-square-metre block.

It was listed through Ben Collier at McGrath with initial expectations around $3 million.

Some 160 people attended its first open inspection, and there were five registered bidders at its well-attended auction.

The bidding opened at $2.6 million and at $3.16 million it was announced on the market by McGrath auctioneer Scott Kennedy-Green.

The unrenovated Gordon Street terrace previously traded at $2 million in mid-2008.

She had left the world of television when she contracted Lyme disease from a tick bite five years ago.

She recently launched a by-appointment-only shop, Studio B at Castle Cove, which assists with furnishings in home makeovers.

The $3.25 million sale is the highest-priced Paddington auction since $4,906,000 on Goodhope Street in March.