Top selling lots
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, September 11
Lucia Casalini Torelli (1677-1762), Self portrait, oil on canvas, 2ft 6in x 2ft 1in (77 x 64cm).
Estimate: £10,000-15,000
Hammer: £60,000
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, September 11
Studio of Giovanni Battista Salvi (1609-85), The Virgin at prayer, oil on canvas, 19 x 15in (48 x 38cm).
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £16,000
Dominic Winter, Cirencester, September 12
Autograph letter by CS Lewis (1898-1963) dated Oxford, 1952, referencing the Narnia chronicles.
Estimate: £3000-5000
Hammer: £9800
Highest price over estimate
Sworders, Stansted Mountfitchet, September 11
One of a pair of Victorian crimson leather armchairs by Howard & Sons, from the Essex home of Sir Rod Stewart.
Estimate: £400-600
Hammer: £7600
Gorringe’s, Lewes, September 10
19th century desk seal of the President of Nevis (Caribbean) with ivory handle.
Estimate: £150-200
Hammer: £2800
Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood, Exeter, September 12
One of a folio of 24 engravings by John Martin, dated 1827.
Estimate: £50-100
Hammer: £2600
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for September 6-12, 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
