TOP SELLING LOTS
Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood, Exeter, March 10
Elizabeth I oak Glastonbury type armchair bearing the initials AH.
Estimate: £20,000-25,000
Hammer: £24,000
Omega Auctions, Newton-Le-Willows, March 10
The only known UK release copy of Darrell Banks’ Open the Door to the Heart/Our Love, 1966.
Estimate: £15,000-20,000
Hammer: £15,000
Dreweatts, Newbury, March 10
A New Zealand Totara Knot and Hinan wood occasional table by Johan Marti Levien, second quarter of the 19th century.
Estimate: £1500-2000
Hammer: £12,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Kingham & Orme, Evesham, March 5
Victorian white metal hawk bell, inscribed HH Prince Duleep Singh, Mulgrave Castle, Whitby, Yorkshire, £2 Reward.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £5500
Batemans, Stamford, March 7
Large 12in (30cm) Qing cinnabar lacquer box and cover of six lobed form.
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £5200
Gorringe’s, Lewes, March 10
Russian Gardner porcelain figure of a man holding a staff, 8½in (21cm), loss to left hand and replacement staff.
Estimate: £200-300
Hammer: £6500
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for March 5-11, 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
