TOP SELLING LOTS
Auktionshaus Mehlis, Plauen, August 22
Antonio Sminck van Pitloo (1791-1837), a rural scene near Naples, oil on canvas, 16 x 20in (39 x 50cm), relined and areas of retouching.
Estimate: €2800
Hammer: €9000
Dawson’s, Maidenhead, August 24
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976) signed print, The Cart, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp, 21 x 16in (52 x 40cm).
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £6600
Huntly, Turriff, August 27
Militia 1756 pattern flintlock muzzle-loading musket marked Grice 1759 and 1/74 to both butt and bayonet.
Estimate: £1200-1600
Hammer: £5200
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Auktionshaus Mehlis, Plauen, August 22
Samuel Prout (1783-1852), View of The Doge’s Palace Venice, watercolour, 10 x 16½in (26 x 42cm), label for The Fine Art Society dated April 1965.
Estimate: €100
Hammer: €2200
Aldridges, Bath, August 27
Newton’s New Game of Virtue Rewarded and Vice Punished for the Amusement of Youth of Both Sexes, published by William Darton of London, 1818, with original sleeve.
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £1300
Hyperion, St Ives, August 24
Nineteenthth century Indo-Persian jambiya dagger with silver mounts, scabbard and belt.
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £1600
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for August 22-28, 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 on thesaleroom.com
‘Top selling lots’ = Our selection of items from the top 20 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com
