Top selling lots
Gorringes, Lewes, September 25
Children and goats on a cliff top by Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955), oil on canvas, 2ft 8in x 2ft 4in (81 x 70cm), from the collection of the artist’s niece
Estimate: £10,000-15,000
Hammer: £36,000
Lots Road, London, September 23
South American school portrait of a lady with attendant tasting slices of watermelon, oil on canvas, 22½in x 2ft 7in (57 x 79cm)
Estimate: £2000-4000
Hammer: £16,000
Mellors & Kirk, Nottingham, September 19
French Napoleonic army general officer’s coat with provenance to the imperial baggage train of Joseph Bonaparte, 1813
Estimate: £15,000-20,000
Hammer: £17,000
Highest price over estimate
Tennants, Leyburn, September 21
A pair of Dutch Delft figures of seated hounds, the oval bases inscribed 17 TI 68, 5½in (14cm) high, some damage
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £6000
Brighton General Auctions, Brighton, September 21
Victorian ebonised Aesthetic movement cabinet with inset allegorical painting. In the manner of Henry William Batley (1846-1932).
Estimate: n/a
Hammer: £9100
Gorringes, Lewes, September 25
Archaic bronze fanghu, Xuande mark but deemed 17th or 18th century, 6in (15cm) high
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £28,500
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for September 20-26, 2018.
‘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
