TOP SELLING LOTS
Bertolami Fine Art, Rome, May 14
17th century Italian school allegory of painting or self-portrait of a female artist in the manner of Artemisia Gentileschi, oil on canvas, 3ft x 10in x 3ft (1.14m x 90cm).
Estimate: €3600-4400
Hammer: €167,500 (£145,300)
Duke’s, Wormington Grange, May 14
Bronze of Major General James Wolfe by Robert Tait McKenzie (Canadian 1867-1938), inscribed and dated 1929, 3ft 3in (97cm) high.
Estimate: £1000-2000
Hammer: £36,000
Parker Fine Art, Farnham, May 13
Capel Soar by Kyffin Williams (1918-2006), oil on canvas, 20in x 3ft 8in (51 x 1.12m) together with a letter from the artist dated December 1980
Estimate: £20,000-30,000
Hammer: £32,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Gorringe’s, Lewes, May 17
Chinese famille rose and yellow ground porcelain censer, 4in (10cm) with six character Yongzheng mark.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £4400
Dreweatts, Newbury, online sale closing May 13
Gold and silver embroidered panel worked with verses from the Qur’an, 7ft x 6ft 2in (2.11 x 1.85m) and a similar Kabbah cover with stylised flowerhead decoration.
Estimate: £400-600
Hammer: £15,000
Sworders, Stansted Mountfitchet, May 18
A Pair of Koels, Calcutta School c.1800, pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, 19 x 13in (47 x 32cm).
Estimate: £600-800
Hammer: £16,000
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for May 13-19, 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
