Top selling lots
Roma Numismatics, London, March 23
Crispus, as Caesar, solidus struck in Aquileia, 320AD. Only the second-known example and extremely fine.
Estimate: n/a
Hammer: £48,000
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, March 25
Hans Coper stoneware thistle form vase with manganese and white slip, 6in (15cm) high. Bought from Lucie Rie’s studio at Albion Mews c.1958.
Estimate: £3000-5000
Hammer: £19,000
Highest price over estimate
Eldreds, Plymouth, March 28
A pair of watercolours signed by Ivon Hitchens, inscribed Many Women and dated 1954, 2ft x 17in (59 x 43cm).
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1900
Windsor Auctions, Berkshire, March 25
A Victorian commemorative silver jubilee scent bottle, 1887, probably Sampson Mordan.
Estimate: £15-20
Hammer: £510
Gildings, Market Harborough, March 28
A Tibetan bronze group, Yi-dam with his consort, 7in (18cm) high.
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £9500
Dee Atkinson & Harrison, Driffield, March 24
A pre-Second World War Sidcot flying suit.
Estimate: £60-90
Hammer: £2000
1240 Most registered online bidders
Gildings, Market Harborough, March 27
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for March 23-29, 2017.
‘Highest price over estimate’ = Our selection of items from the top 10 highest hammer prices as a multiple of the high estimate paid by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com
‘Top selling lots’ = Our selection of items from the top 10 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com
