TOP SELLING LOTS
Swan Fine Art, Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, February 7
Zdzislaw Beksinski (1929-2005), Untitled, Surrealist war tank, oil on board, 4ft x 3ft 3in (1.2m x 98cm), with provenance direct form the artist.
Estimate: £40,000-60,000
Hammer: £36,000
Elmwood’s, London, February 6
Eternity ring in white gold, set all around with a row of 10 round brilliant cut diamonds all totalling 10.03cts.
Estimate: £12,000-16,000
Hammer: £14,000
Barry Hawkins, Downham Market, Norfolk, February 7
Meissen ‘Sea Life’ porcelain chess set, designed by Max Esser c.1923, painted in black and red enamels.
Estimate: £5000-8000
Hammer: £7400
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
1818 Auctioneers, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, timed online sale ended on February 4
Crimean War medal with Balaklava and Sebastopol clasps to Sgt Thomas S Kneath, 2nd Dragoons (Heavy Brigade), wounded at Balaklava.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £2650
Reeman Dansie, Colchester, timed online sale ended on February 4
Head of a man, manner of Frank Brangwyn, pencil, 13 x 8in (32 x 21cm).
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1200
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts, timed online sale ended on February 1
Interior of the Taj, 19th century watercolour over traces of graphite showing the tombs of the Taj Mahal, 17 x 17in (43 x 43cm).
Estimate: $400-600
Hammer: $8500 (£6700)
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for February 1-7, 2024.
‘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
