TOP SELLING LOTS
Piano Auctions, London, December 12
Pleyel the Orpheus and Bacchus Duo-Clave double keyboard concert piano in an ebonised case, c.1939.
Estimate: £15,000-20,000
Hammer: £42,000
Bonhams, London, December 17
Pair of Freddie Mercury’s red and gold striped white trousers, as worn for the 1986 tour.
Estimate: £15,000-20,000
Hammer: £16,000
JS Fine Art, Banbury, December 14
David Hockney Swimming Pool rug, Vorwerk-Arterior Collection c.1988, 9ft 10in (3.01m) wide.
Estimate: N/A
Hammer: £10,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Adam Partridge, Cheshire, December 12
Late Qing silk needlework panel, 16in (40cm), featuring four ivory-faced figures in a scholar’s garden, two seal marks, in associated wooden frame.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £5000
Adam Partridge, Cheshire, December 12
Dublin Cavalry Parade 1841, a watercolour signed with the monogram for Edward Hayes (1797-1864), 15in x 2ft 5in (36 x 72cm).
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1000
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales onthesaleroom.comfor December 12-18, 2019.
‘Highest multiple over top estimate’ = Our selection of items from the top 20 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 20 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders onthesaleroom.com
