TOP SELLING LOTS
Mellors & Kirk, Nottingham, September 17
Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1859, first edition in original green cloth, top of spine missing.
Estimate: £5000-7000
Hammer: £32,000
Cheffins, Cambridge, September 17
Haiti by Wilfredo Lam (Cuba 1902-82), signed and dated 23-1-46, ink on kraft paper 20in x 2ft 1in (51 x 62cm), acquired from The London Gallery exhibition, The Cuban Painter Wilfredo Lam, Twenty Drawings, November 1946.
Estimate: £6000-8000
Hammer: £22,000
David Lay, Penzance, September 17
Study for Flora by Hannah Gluckstein (1895-1978) signed and dated 1921, oil on canvas, 10 x 8in (25 x 20cm).
Estimate: £15,000-25,000
Hammer: £20,500
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Wannenes, Genoa, September 22
Famille rose ‘boys’ vase with Qianlong mark but probably 20th century, 8in (20cm).
Estimate: €30-50
Hammer: €4200 (£3800)
David Lay, Penzance, September 17
Harry Rountree (1878-1950) grisaille watercolour illustration for Conan Doyle’s The Lost World c.1912, 14 x 10in (35 x 25cm).
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £2600
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, September 22
Kalash carved wood standing figure, north west Pakistan, 21in (53cm).
Estimate: £120-160
Hammer: £6500
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for September 17-23, 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
