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Top selling lots

Zeeuws Veilinghuis, Netherlands, March 21

Qing bowl decorated with three goats and a poem, with Daoguang seal mark, 5½in (13.5cm) diameter.

Estimate: £1200-1500

Hammer: £24,000

Watches of Knightsbridge, London, March 18

Rare gentleman’s stainless steel Heuer Autavia ‘Jo Siffert’ automatic chronograph bracelet watch, c.1969.

Estimate: £6000-8000

Hammer: £21,000

Anderson & Garland, Newcastle, March 21

Dame Lucie Rie (1902-95), stoneware bottle vase with flaring rim.

Estimate: £4000-5000

Hammer: £9200

Highest price over estimate

Gorringes, Lewes, March 21

Attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), oil on canvas, study for a portrait of a gentleman, 15 x 11¼in (38 x 29cm).

Estimate: £600-900

Hammer: £16,000

Mellors & Kirk, Nottingham, March 22

Qing agate pendant of a qilin and clouds, 19th century, 2in (4.9cm).

Estimate: £100-200

Hammer: £2800

Kidson-Trigg, Swindon, March 21

18th century elm and ash Windsor armchair.

Estimate: £50-80

Hammer: £4800

1305 Most registered online bidders

Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers, March 16-20

Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for March 16-22, 2017.

‘Highest price over estimate’ = Our selection of items from the top 10 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 10 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com