TOP SELLING LOTS
Noonans, London, March 14
Sri Lankan sapphire and diamond ring with cushion-cut sapphire of approximately 14.8cts.
Estimate: £6000-8000
Hammer: £13,000
Dreweatts, Newbury, March 15
Eliot Hodgkin (1905-87) In the Ticino, Switzerland, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1950, 2ft 6in x 20in (76 x 51cm).
Estimate: £5000-7000
Hammer: £11,000
Potteries Auctions, Stoke-on-Trent, March 11
The Grand Canal, Venice, School of Michele Marieschi, oil on canvas, in gilt frame, 3ft 1 x 2ft (93 x 59cm).
Estimate: £800-1600
Hammer: £7300
HIGHEST PRICE OVER ESTIMATE
1818 Auctions, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, timed online sale closing March 12
Jacobean gold and emerald fede ring with table cut emerald.
Estimate: £150-200
Hammer: £3250
Lay’s, Redruth, Cornwall, March 9
Late 19th or early 20th century Chinese silk embroidered dragon robe, from the estate of William Arthur Blackburn Leach (1872-1962).
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1500
Beeston Auctions, Beeston, Norfolk, March 9
Finely worked late Georgian sampler by Sophia Everton, September 1835, 2ft x 20in (59 x 50cm).
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £3100
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for March 9-15, 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
