Highest price over estimate
Lawrences, Crewkerne, January 19
Japanese wooden netsuke of a tiger, signed, together with a hyena eating and a wise monkey.
Estimate £180-250
Hammer £7200
Cotswold Auction Company, Cheltenham, January 24
The Compleat Collection of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven’s Symphonies in Score, most respectfully dedicated by permission to HRH The Prince of Wales, printed by Cianchellini & Sperati, Cavendish Square.
Estimate £30-50
Hammer £1050
Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood, Exeter, January 24
Chinese bronze censer bearing a six-character Xuande mark, 6½in (16cm) wide.
Estimate £300-500
Hammer £10,500
Top selling lots
Semley, Shaftesbury, January 21
Late 19th/early 20th-century Chinese carved hongmu dressing table, 2ft 8in (81.5cm) wide.
Estimate £600-900
Hammer £6500
Lawrences, Crewkerne, January 19
19th-century gold and micromosaic necklace depicting birds and flowers, with gold rope and flowerhead borders, 17in (43cm) long with case.
Estimate £600-800
Hammer £7600
Hansons, Etwall, January 19
Royal Worcester painted plaque featuring pigs and a dog by Harry Davis, 1925, 6 x 9½in (15 x 24cm).
Estimate £800-£1200
Hammer £7900
Most registered online bidders
JS Fine Art, January 20-21, 1617 bidders
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales onthesaleroom.com for January 19-25, 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 onthesaleroom.com
‘Top selling lots’ = Our selection of items from the top 10 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders onthesaleroom.com
