Top selling lots
Dreweatts, Newbury, November 28
Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) pencil portrait of Mrs Desmond Harmsworth, 1932, 13 x 10in (34 x 25cm)
Estimate: £1500-2000
Hammer: £10,000
Chiswick Auctions, London, November 29
Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847- 1909), large folio first edition in two volumes
Estimate: £15,000-20,000
Hammer: £25,000
Moore Allen & Innocent, Cirencester, November 24
Olive grove, oil on canvas, signed for Ivan Fedorovich Choultse (Russian, 1874-1939), 20in x 2ft 1in (52 x 63cm)
Estimate: £8000-12,000
Hammer: £12,000
Highest price over estimate
Keys, Aylsham, November 28
Minton majolica fish platter, impressed marks and number 2044, 2ft (60cm) wide, repaired
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £3200
Stride & Son, Chichester, November 23
Qing period poetry scroll, signed, 6ft (1.85m) long
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £12,500
Boningtons, Epping, November 27
Alfred Dunhill Namiki lacquer compact c.1930
Estimate: £30-40
Hammer: £2000
1328 Most registered online bidders
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for November 23-29 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
