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Highest price over estimate

Boldon Auction Galleries, Tyne & Wear, January 11

Qing blue and white wine pot and cover

Estimate £30-50

Hammer £17,000

Roseberys, London, January 7

Two 19th century paperweights with millefiore canes, 2¼in (6cm) and 2½in (6.5cm) diameter.

Estimate £80-120

Hammer £4200

Fieldings, Stourbridge, January 7

Yixing vessel formed as a libation cup decorated with creatures among vines, impressed seal mark, 4in (9.5cm)

Estimate £50-80

Hammer £6100

Top selling lots

Classical Numismatic Group, New York, January 10

Tetricus I (Romano-Gallic emperor 271-74AD), struck 272AD at the Treveri mint, 19mm diameter.

Estimate N/A

Hammer £120,000

Classical Numismatic Group, New York, January 10

Eminakos stater minted in Olbia c.440-37 BC, 21mm diameter.

Estimate N/A

Hammer £75,000

Tennants, Leyburn, January 6

Large Japanese framed needlework panel depicting a hawk, 4ft 7in x 3ft 3in (1.4m x 99cm).

Estimate £2000-3000

Hammer £13,000

Most registered online bidders

Bellmans, January 10-12, 1205 bidders

Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales onthesaleroom.comfor January 5-11, 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