Top selling lots
Grisebach, Berlin, November 30
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), Ghosties, watercolour and ink on laid paper, 17 x 10cm (6½ x 4in x 4in), signed lower left, c.1953-55.
Estimate: €18,000-24,000
Hammer: €42,000
Special Auction Services, Newbury, November 30
Bru jne bébé no.4, kid body with bisque forearms, metal hip joints and carved wooden lower legs, paper label to front.
Estimate: £4000-6000
Hammer: £8500
Karl & Faber, Munich, December 6
Marc Chagall, Carmen, 1967, colour lithograph on vellum, 3ft 4in x 2ft 2in (1.01m x 65cm), titled one of 200 numbered copies.
Estimate: €22,000-25,000
Hammer: €34,000
Highest price over estimate
W&H Peacock, Bedford, December 1
Derby porcelain botanical fruit cooler and cover, c.1790 with named floral sprays on a yellow ground, possible restoration.
Estimate: £150-200
Hammer: £3800
Chiswick Auctions, London, December 5
An egyptian faience fragment head of a woman, 3½in (8.5cm) high with 1930s provenance.
Estimate: £100-200
Hammer: £4600
Batemans, Stamford, December 2
Psychedelia silkscreen poster by Martin Sharp (1942-2013) promoting two shows at the Roundhouse, London, September 1967.
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £2800
1108 Most registered online bidders
Brighton General Auctions, December 1
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for November 30- December 6, 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
