TOP SELLING LOTS
Sworders, Essex, January 15
Bronze of a golden eagle by Dame Elisabeth Frink RA (1930-93), 4in (10cm) high, numbered 1/9.
Estimate: £5000-8000
Hammer: £14,500
Sworders, Essex, January 15
Exotic Fruits and Orchids, a 22 x 2ft 5in (55 x 75cm) watercolour signed and dated 1992 by Dame Elizabeth Blackadder (b.1931).
Estimate: £3500-5000
Hammer: £13,000
Goldberg, Los Angeles, January 8
Silver tetradrachm or sela struck in the year 134-135AD during the Bar Kokhba or the Third Jewish Revolt.
Estimate: $5000
Hammer: $17,500
HIGHEST PRICE OVER ESTIMATE
Stroud Auction Rooms, Stroud, January 9
A British Antarctic Expedition, 1910, receipt signed by Captain Robert Falcon Scott with a handwritten note.
Estimate: £100-200
Hammer: £3500
Tennants, Leyburn, January 12
Sèvres basket and cover, c.1770. 7in (17cm) wide, with damages.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £2100
Rogers Jones, Cardiff, January 11
Clarice Cliff Wilkinson plate with stylised fruit, small paint loss and chip.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £850
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for January 8-16, 2019.
‘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
