TOP SELLING LOTS
Lempertz, Cologne, November 17
Panoramic Landscape with the Conversion of Saint Paul by Master of the Female Halflengths (active c.1525-50), oil on panel, 12 x 17in (30.5 x 44cm)
Estimate: €100,000-140,000
Hammer: €330,000 (£293,465)
Tennants, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, November 17
A pair of George III mahogany foldover card tables (one shown), late 18th century, with hinged leaf enclosing a green baize lined interior.
Estimate: £1500-2000
Hammer: £8800
Rowley’s, Newmarket , November 20
Circle of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88), Portrait of Squire Rowe, oil on canvas, provenance to the Sir William Agnew pictures from Rougham Hall.
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £9000
HIGHEST PRICE OVER ESTIMATE
Lawrences, Crewkerne, November 16
A pair of Russian children’s shoes purportedly worn by the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, with a label inside for Henry Weiss, St Petersburg.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £4900
Duke’s Avenue Auctions, Dorchester, November 20
A collection of late 19th and early 20th century ephemera relating to Ludvig Verner Helms and James Brooke, the ‘Rajah of Sarawak’, including letters and correspondence.
Estimate: £100-200
Hammer: £4000
Eldreds, Plymouth, November 20
Arne Jacobsen egg chair dating from the early 1960s, faded upholstery.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1450
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for November 15-21, 2018.
‘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
