Top selling lots
Clarks, Liskeard, January 1
Two 19th century Oceanic marine ivory fertility carvings depicting tattooed figures with extended tongues.
Estimate: £50-60
Hammer: £8600
Heliers, Blackburn, December 29
John Rennie (1761-1821), a watercolour of the proposed plans for a new aqueduct bridge over the river Lune at Lancaster, dated 1794.
Estimate: £6000-8000
Hammer: £6400
Dawson’s, Maidenhead, December 23
The Beatles, Love Me Do, signed by all four members of the band at Wimbledon Meet the Fans, December 1963.
Estimate: £2400-3000
Hammer: £2500
Highest price over estimate
Wotton Auction Rooms, Gloucestershire, December 28
A white marble panel with carved relief of the holy lamb, 2ft 3in x 18in (69 x 46cm).
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £3200
Ryedale Auctioneers, Kirkbymoorside, December 29
American 1812 Liberty 50 cent coin.
Estimate: £20-40
Hammer: £820
Unique Auctions, Lincoln, January 1
Polar bear skin reputedly given to a Grimsby trawler crew by the people of Norway, 7ft 4in (2.24m).
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £1600
1380 Most registered online bidders
Wotton Auction Rooms, Glos, December 28-29
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for December 21-January 3, 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
