TOP SELLING LOTS
Cheffins, Cambridge, January 9
First edition, first issue of Isaac Newton’s Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light, 1704, rebacked panel calf boards.
Estimate: £30,000-50,000
Hammer: £30,000
Elmwood’s, London, January 15
Cosmos ring by Van Cleef & Arpels set with round cut diamonds totalling 3.25cts, modern.
Estimate: £10,000-15,000
Hammer: £10,000
Bonhams, Edinburgh, January 15
Pair of Royal Crown Derby campana shape vases painted with sprays of garden flowers by Désiré Leroy, dated 1898, 6in (15cm).
Estimate: £1000-1500
Hammer: £6000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Gorringe’s, Lewes, January 13
Tibetan thangka depicting a nobleman surrounded by demons, 2ft 5in x 20in (73 x 50cm).
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £5500
Capes Dunn, Stockport, January 14
The Rainbow, Salisbury Cathedral, a mezzotint by David Lucas after John Constable, 21in x 2ft 3in (55 x 68cm), c.1829-32.
Estimate: £30-40
Hammer: £850
Chiswick Auctions, London, January 13
Oil on card Winter Landscape signed lower left for Václav Radimský (Czech 1867-1946), 2ft x 2ft 4in (60 x 71cm).
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £3600
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for January 9-15, 2020.
‘Highest multiple over top estimate’ = Our selection of items from the top 20 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 20 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com
