TOP SELLING LOTS
Bellmans, Billingshurst, December 16
Spring Ellipses, an installation by Richard Long (b.1945), with Haunch of Venison provenance.
Estimate: £20,000-30,000
Hammer: £35,000
Dominic Winter, South Cerney, December 16
Apollo 11 Moon landing photograph signed by all three crew members, with provenance to Norris McWhirter (1925-2004).
Estimate: £3000-5000
Hammer: £12,000
Stride & Son, Chichester, December 17
Japanese carved ivory netsuke by Rakueisai depicting General Gentoku.
Estimate: £400-600
Hammer: £9800
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Great Western Auctions, Glasgow, December 16
Novelty silver pin cushion modelled as a lion by Adie & Lovekin, Birmingham 1910.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £1600
Alnwick Auctions, Northumberland, December 21
Smiths Astral diving watch, c.1970.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1200
Dawsons, Maidenhead, December 16
Jaques Staunton boxwood and ebony chess set, in original carton-pierre box with signed label; together with two further Staunton sets.
Estimate: £150-250
Hammer: £4600
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales onthesaleroom.comfor December 16-22, 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 onthesaleroom.com
‘Top selling lots’ = Our selection of items from the top 20 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders onthesaleroom.com
