TOP SELLING LOTS
McTear’s, Glasgow, April 7
Scottish Arts & Crafts white painted and mother of pearl inlaid side cabinet attributed to EA Taylor.
Estimate: £1000-2000
Hammer: £7000
Dreweatts, Donnington Priory, online sale ending April 1
Pair of Victorian terracotta garden models of Bacchantes, by John Matthews, Weston Super Mare, c.1880, various damages and repairs.
Estimate: £800-1200
Hammer: £6500
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, April 7
Drifter, 2001 by Peter Doig (b.1959), etching and aquatint signed and numbered 20/46, from 100 Years Ago, published by The Paragon Press, 3ft 8in x 5ft 6in (1.12 x 1.67m).
Estimate: £4000-6000
Hammer: £5500
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Martel Maides, St Peter Port, Guernsey, April 1
Three pieces of Chinese cloisonné including a Qing bottle vase, 7in (17cm) high.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £6000
Southgate Auction Rooms, London, online sale ending April 4
Two 18th century miniature paintings on board of shipping in a colonial settlement, each x 6in (10 x 14cm).
Estimate: £50-100
Hammer: £5000
Franklin Brown, Edinburgh, April 3
JMW Turner’s Illustrations to Sir Walter Scott’s Poetical Works, in a tooled gilt and morocco binding.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1850
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for April 1-7, 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
