Highest price over estimate
Mallams, Cheltenham, February 2
Two Georgian seals, one silver, the other gilded.
Estimate £60-80
Hammer £5400
Andrew Smith & Son, Itchen Stoke, February 7
Pale celadon blue bowl with six-character Guangxu mark, 9½in (24cm) wide.
Estimate £50-100
Hammer £5400
Amersham Auction Rooms, Bucks, February 2
Letter seal in a gilt metal mount, bloodstone handle.
Estimate £50-100
Hammer £2100
Top selling lots
Lawrences, Crewkerne, February 3
Koran, in Nashki script, c.1830, approx 380 leaves, provenance to H Kevorkian Collection.
Estimate £500-800
Hammer £9200
Warren & Wignall, Leyland, February 8
Sidney Richard Perry (1821-86), Stickle Tarn Westmorland, oil on canvas, signed, plus another untitled, both 14½ x 9½in (37 x 24cm).
Estimate £500-1000
Hammer £5100
Bellmans, Billingshurst, February 7
Follower of Gordon Walters (1918-95), Korn III, acrylic on canvas, signed and dated 1963, 15 x 11½in (39 x 29cm).
Estimate £200-300
Hammer £5000
Most registered online bidders
Canterbury Auction Galleries, February 7-8, 1071 bidders
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for February 2-8, 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
