Top selling lots
Mallams, Oxford, October 17
Isigny, Coin de Village, oil on canvas, 12½ x 7in (31 x 18cm), bearing signature for Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875).
Estimate: £6000-8000
Hammer: £17,000
Lockdales, Ipswich, October 10
Gold table box by Fabergé inset with an Imperial Russian 1st class Medal of Zeal, marks for Henrik Wigstrom, fitted wooden case and provenance to Shah of Iran.
Estimate: £12,000-15,000
Hammer: £13,000
Adam Partridge, Macclesfield, October 11
Hans Coper stoneware cup form on splayed base in white slip over textured manganese ground, 5in (13cm).
Estimate: £4000-6000
Hammer: £11,200
Highest price over estimate
Duggleby-Stephenson, York, October 12
White and russet jade archer’s ring with engraved decoration and a spinach jade shallow dish with Qianlong four character mark, 4in (10cm) diameter, from the collection of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904-76).
Estimate: £200-300
Hammer: £18,000
White and russet jade archer’s ring sold at £18,000 at Duggleby-Stephenson on October 12.
Duke’s, Dorchester
Ancient Egyptian wooden palette with hieroglyphic inscription referencing the reign of Thutmose III (18th Dynasty) and ‘the boon’ (or gift) that the king gives ‘belonging to an overseer of scribes’, 16in (41cm) long.
Estimate: £300-500
Hammer: £15,000
Ancient Egyptian wooden palette sold at £15,000 at Duke’s.
Cooper & Tanner, Frome, October 17
Qing vase decorated in underglaze blue and iron red with pair of cranes, deer in a mountainous landscape and pine tree, 10in (25cm).
Estimate: £20-30
Hammer: £3000
This Qing vase sold at Cooper & Tanner on October 17 for £3000.
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for October 11-18, 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
