TOP SELLING LOTS
Bertolami Fine Art, Rome, November 23
Still life with strawberries, mushrooms, pears and figs, Lombardy School, 17th century, oil on canvas, 18 x 22in (44 x 56cm).
Estimate: €1800-2800
Hammer: €17,000 (£14,800)
Ketterer Kunst, Hamburg, November 27
Orbis maritimus ofte Zee by Frederick de Witt, Amsterdam c.1680 with 26 double-page engraved maps in old colour.
Estimate: €15,000
Hammer: €18,000 (£15,700)
Cheffins, Cambridge, November 23
Georgian topaz cased parure, c.1820, in a fitted case, the rivière necklace set with 30 graduated foil backed pink topaz.
Estimate: £3000-5000
Hammer: £13,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Ramsay Cornish, Edinburgh, November 24
Tyrconnell Whisky conical form stoneware bottle (Grosvenor Pottery, Glasgow) together with a Cruiskeen Lawn Irish Whisky stoneware bottle (Woland Pottery, Liverpool).
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1000
Hawley’s, Beverley, November 26
Large quantity of Edwardian theatre postcards picturing music hall and seaside entertainers.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £3000
Auctioneum, Bristol, timed online sale ended November 27
Probably Kangxi blue and white baluster vase painted with a narrative scene with apocryphal Chenghua mark to the base.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £3100
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for November 23-29, 2023.
‘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
