TOP SELLING LOTS
East Bristol Auctions, March 18
Two pairs of 1940s gold plated circular rimmed spectacles, by repute owned and worn by Mahatma Gandhi.
Estimate: £50,000-80,000
Hammer: £55,000
Charterfields, London, March 24
A single-page job application from 1973 signed by Steve Jobs three years before he founded Apple in 1976.
Estimate: n/a
Hammer: £162,000
Dominic Winter, South Cerney, March 24
Four 19th century Chinese circular porcelain panels, polychrome painted with immortals in a cloudy sky, each 11in (27cm) diameter, one cracked, with provenance to Abel William Bahr (1877-1959).
Estimate: £1000-1500
Hammer: £60,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Stephan Welz, Johannesburg, March 23
An 18th or 19th century Continental school portrait of a man, pastel and chalk on paper, 16 x 10in (39 x 26cm).
Estimate: Zar2000-3000
Hammer: Zar650,000 (£30,875)
Hotlotz, Singapore, March 21
Yellow ground and green ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl with Kangxi six-character mark, 5in (12cm) diameter, purchased in Hong Kong in the 1980s.
Estimate: Sin$500-800
Hammer: Sin$60,000 (£32,335)
Criterion Auctions, London, March 19
Three Egyptian glazed faience ushabti along with a Roman clay oil lamp, the tallest 4in (11cm).
Estimate: £70-100
Hammer: £3800
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for March 18-24, 2021. ‘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
