TOP SELLING LOTS
Chorley’s, Gloucester, April 16
Lucie Rie stoneware footed bowl with emerald green and bronzed manganese glaze, c.1980, 6½in (16.5cm).
Estimate: £10,000-15,000
Hammer: £20,000
Lawrences, Crewkerne, April 12
George II mahogany side table with grey fossil marble top.
Estimate: £1500-2500
Hammer: £15,000
Mellors & Kirk, Nottingham, April 11
Le balet comique de la royne by Baltasar de Beavioyevlx, 1582 first edition bound in 18th century blue paper wrappers.
Estimate: N/A
Hammer: £15,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Hansons, Teddington, April 15
A Meiji period gold inlaid iron koro and cover with fruit finial, 5in (12cm) high.
Estimate: £50-80
Hammer: £5400
Stride & Son, Chichester, April 11
A rare 180-page Hardy Brothers catalogue in original cloth backed card covers.
Estimate: £50-80
Hammer: £1450
Ewbank’s, Woking, April 11
Chinese yellow ground bowl with green medallions of dragons between clouds, underglaze blue six-character Kangxi mark, 6in (15cm), chip to rim.
Estimate: £250-350
Hammer: £4800
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for April 11-17, 2019.
‘Highest multiple over top 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
