TOP SELLING LOTS
Reeman Dansie, Colchester, March 9
Qing pale celedon jade brush washer in the form of a lotus leaf with chilong, crab and fish.
Estimate: £500-700
Hammer: £17,000
Loeckx, Ghent, March 9
Pair of 3ft 8in (1.1m) Orientalist bronzes by Émile Guillemin, c.1872, cast by the Barbedienne foundry.
Estimate: €5000-7000
Hammer: €24,000 (£20,800)
Hutchinson Scott, Skipton, March 6
George I silver mounted and ebonised bracket clock with pull repeat signed Daniel Quare, London, 18in (40cm) high.
Estimate: £10,000-15,000
Hammer: £20,200
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Thimbleby & Shorland, Reading, timed online sale ended March 7
Nineteenth century French gilt brass mystery clock in the style of Robert-Houdin.
Estimate: £20-40
Hammer: £6300
Ramsay Cornish, Edinburgh, March 6
Scottish 19th century steel fire insert.
Estimate: £200-300
Hammer: £4100
Veilinghuis de Jager, Goes, Netherlands, March 4
Qing blue and white plates decorated with the Eight Immortals, 11in (27cm) diameter, possibly Kangxi.
Estimate: €180-360
Hammer: €7500 (£6500)
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for March 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
