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TOP SELLING LOTS

Burstow & Hewett, Battle, East Sussex, April 28

1970s Raleigh Traveller bicycle previously owned by Diana Princess of Wales when she lived and worked in Earls Court.

Estimate: £15,000-20,000

Hammer: £44,000

Gildings, Market Harborough, April 27

George III mahogany breakfront serving table, in the manner of Thomas Hope, c.1810.

Estimate: £2500-3500

Hammer: £24,000

Cheffins, April 21-22, Cambridge

Dent, London, a fine mahogany longcase domestic regulator, c.1900.

Estimate: £7,000-10,000

Hammer: £22,000

HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE

Mallams, Oxford, April 22

Indian miniature painted with princely figure kneeling in an interior, 8 x 6in (20 x 14cm), inscribed verso Jon Singh Son of Jodhpur Chand of Nadhar.

Estimate: £80-120

Hammer: £11,000

Lawrences, Crewkerne, April 23

Queen Anne or George I sampler worked by Grace Simpson, 14 x 13in (36 x 32cm).

Estimate: £80-150

Hammer: £10,000

Truro Auction Centre, Redruth, April 23

Ithell Colquhoun (1906-88), a fabric collage titled Highland Landscape, signed and inscribed to verso, 16 x 21in (41 x 53cm).

Estimate: £70-100

Hammer: £3400

Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for April 22-28,2021.'

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