TOP SELLING LOTS
Helmuth Stone Gallery, Florida, April 5
Ming-style blue and white charger, 2ft (60cm) with six-character mark near rim, restoration and loss.
Estimate: $1500-2500
Hammer: $8500
Vine Auctioneers, London, April 3
Omega Speedmaster Ed White Ref. 105.003-65.
Estimate: £5800-6800
Hammer: £5900
Antony Cribb, Newbury, April 7
Pair of flintlock officer’s pistols signed Osborn Gonby & Co with inscription to John Jessop 44th Regiment who fought at Waterloo.
Estimate: £3000-5000
Hammer: £4400
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
East Bristol Auctions, Bristol, April 2
Portuguese prayer book Diario Ecclesiastico Para O Reino De Portugal, dated 1816, with embroidered coat of arms to the cover.
Estimate: £20-30
Hammer: £340
Whittons, Honiton, April 2
Victorian silver gothic revival cup, by Carl Krall, London, with presentation inscription dated 1892.
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £820
British Bespoke Auctions, Winchcombe, April 1
Three-page letter written in 1814 by George Scholey (former Lord Mayor of London) to Rev Brown in Sandal, Wakefield, including account of life in France post-Napoleon.
Estimate: £30-50
Hammer: £400
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for April 1-8, 2020. ‘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
