TOP SELLING LOTS
Silverstone Auctions, Kenilworth, May 22
Triumph X-75 Hurricane, 1973, one of 1152 produced, same owner for last 26 years.
Estimate: £15,000-20,000
Hammer: £26,500
Hermann Historica, Munich, May 26
Longquan brush washer, Yuan dynasty, 14th century, 7½in (19cm) diameter.
Estimate: N/A
Hammer: €30,000 (£26,000)
Bonhams, London, May 25
Silver and stainless steel flatware service for 12 designed by Carlo Scarpa and produced by Cleto Munari, Vicenza, c.1977, 72 pieces each with facsimile signature.
Estimate: £5000-7000
Hammer: £22,000
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, May 20
Seventeenth century French school half-length portrait of a lady as Diana, oil on canvas, 2ft 10in x 2ft 2in, (87 x 66cm). Property of a Scottish Borders family.
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £22,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Peter Francis, Carmarthen, May 26
Pair of oak hall chairs with Art Nouveau ivory inlaid roundels, c.1890.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £2400
Aldridges, Bath, May 25
Margaret Rose Preston (Australian, 1875-1963), a rural landscape, woodcut, 7½in (19cm) square, signed in pencil lower margin.
Estimate: £70-100
Hammer: £2700
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for May 20-26, 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 onthesaleroom.com
