TOP SELLING LOTS
Bishop & Miller, Stowmarket, May 26
Late 17th century English olivewood oyster-veneered cabinet-on-stand, c.1675-90 with provenance to the Edward V Phillips collection.
Estimate: £20,000-30,000
Hammer: £24,000
Dreweatts, Newbury, May 26
The Falls at Tivoli, an early 19th century Italian oil on canvas indistinctly inscribed B C Giardini, 9 x 12in (24 x 33cm).
Estimate: £1500-2000
Hammer: £18,000
Swan Fine Art, Twickenham, May 29
Oil on oak panel portrait of a man in a mountain landscape, Circle of Hans Memling (c.1430-94), 7 x 8in (17 x 21cm), with Henry Rothschild collection provenance.
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £19,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Duke’s, Dorchester, May 26
Late Qing famille ‘cranes and crysanthemums’ dish, 15in (38cm) with orange printed ‘hall’ mark in zhuanshu script.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £22,000
Stacey’s, Chelmsford, May 30
Tottenham Hotspur boardroom chair with dark blue upholstery and embroidered club badge.
Estimate: £25-35
Hammer: £700
Kinghams, Moreton-in-Marsh, May 28
Staffordshire figure group of Ridley and Latimer burning at the stake in the manner of Thomas Parr c.1860 with title and inscription, 10in (24cm) high.
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £2200
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for March 17-23, 2022.
‘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
