Highest price over estimate
Clevedon Salerooms, Bristol, March 9
Mid-18th century Staffordshire pottery arbour group depicting a romantic couple, 6¼in (16cm) high.
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £5000
C&T Auctioneers, Tunbridge Wells, March 15
Two ‘Blitz’ paintings on card, signed and dated W.H.Parsonage 1941. One depicts Cheapside (left) in 1940, the other is titled Burning Docks Sep. 1940, 20 x 14in (50 x 35cm).
Estimate £80-100
Hammer £2600
Franklin Browns, Edinburgh, March 11
Russian porcelain Gardner type figures: water carrier, 10¾in (27cm) high, and gent with a dog at his feet, 6½in (16cm) high.
Estimate £80-100
Hammer: £5150
Top selling lots
Fellows, Birmingham, March 9
Tiffany vivid yellow diamond single-stone ring, 2.67cts, with maker’s case.
Estimate £20,000-30,000
Hammer £43,000
Clevedon Salerooms, Bristol, March 9
Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935), highland landscape, oil on canvas, signed, 2ft 6in x 3ft 5in (75 x 1m).
Estimate £4000-6000
Hammer £12,000
Sworders, Stansted Mountfitchet, March 14
Circle of Bartholomeus Van Der Helst (Dutch, 1613-70), portrait of a young lady, oil on panel, 21½in x 2ft 3in (54 x 68cm). Provenance: probably Lord Croft, Croft Castle, Herefordshire.
Estimate £2000-3000
Hammer £6200
1177 Most registered online bidders
Lawrences of Bletchingly, March 14-15
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales onthesaleroom.comfor March 9-15, 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 onthesaleroom.com
‘Top selling lots’ = Our selection of items from the top 10 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders onthesaleroom.com
* Part of a three-day sale, data up to March 15
