TOP SELLING LOTS
Bosleys, Marlow, March 6
Royal Navy Officer’s Naval General Service Medal with the rare clasp reading Nymphe 18 June 1793 awarded to Quarter Master John Gaze.
Estimate: £12,000-15,000
Hammer: £32,000
Dee, Atkinson & Harrison, Driffield, March 2
Sunbeam 1927 Model 9 motorcycle, 493cc, registration number TU 6846.
Estimate: £6000-8000
Hammer: £17,000
Kingham & Orme, Evesham, March 1
Martin Brothers stoneware grotesque monk bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, signed and dated May 4, 1911, 10in (26cm) high.
Estimate: £18,000-22,000
Hammer: £19,000
The Pedestal, Cirencester, March 4
A large West Country oak wall settle, c.1550 with carved crest and three hooks carved with human faces, 15ft 5in (4.7m) long.
Estimate: £5000-10,000
Hammer: £18,000
HIGHEST PRICE OVER ESTIMATE
The Pedestal, Cirencester, March 4
Framed hand-coloured plan of lands in ye County of Kent, belonging to Willm. Tyndall Esq. Measured and Mappt by Tho: Hill, sworne surveyor 1687.
Estimate: £200-400
Hammer: £3500
Fonsie Mealy, Birr, Co Offaly, Ireland, March 5
Monumental 3ft (92cm) Minton majolica urn, probably modelled by Pierre Emile Jeannest and painted by Thomas Kirkby.
Estimate: €1000-1500
Hammer: €16,000 (£14,500)
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for February 28-March 6 2019.
‘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
