TOP SELLING LOTS
Chiswick Auctions, London, November 18
Late Ming dynasty blue and white meiping decorated with a continuous peony scroll, later mounted as a lamp, 15in (38cm).
Estimate: £500-800
Hammer: £40,000
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, November 23
Late Edo or Meiji period inlaid iron koro, 16in (40cm), signed, inscribed Myochin ki Munenori.
Estimate: £20,000-30,000
Hammer: £20,000
Kunst & Design Auktionshaus Schops, Krefeld, November 20
Hans Coper, matt black stoneware vessel with four indents and cylindrical foot, 5½in (13cm) high, c.1983.
Estimate: n/a
Hammer: €16,500 (£15,000)
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Chorley’s, Cheltenham, November 23-24
Carved and painted tribal figure modelled with arms outstretched and seated on a barrel, 2ft 4in (70cm) high.
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £5500
Dominic Winter, South Cerney, November 18
Seven Fresnel steel and glass lenses from the Little Ross island lighthouse, Galloway.
Estimate: £200-300
Hammer: £6500
Huntly Auctions, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, November 23
Medal group of three including 1939-1945 War Medal with ‘mentioned in dispatches’ oak leaf to 3773017 Private AJ Elliot, Kings.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £4300
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for November 4-10, 2021.
‘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
