TOP SELLING LOTS
East Bristol Auctions, October 29
Bomb Middle England, 2003, a signed screen print in colours by Banksy (b.1974), 3ft 3in x 14in (99 x 35cm).
Estimate: £15,000-25,000
Hammer: £70,000
Charles Miller, London, November 2
Late 18th century flintlock ‘duck’s foot’ pistol signed Bunney London with inset silvered plate inscribed Capt Edw Rotherham, 13in (33cm).
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £32,000
Bonhams, London, November 1
Transitional blue and white ‘scholar and deer’ brush pot, 6½in (16cm) high, probably Chongzhen (1627-44).
Estimate: £800-1200
Hammer: £9000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Hannams, Selbourne, November 3
Group lot including Sèvres plate with date letter for 1770 and painter’s mark for Jean Jacques Pierre II (1763-98), probably ‘service à rubans Bleu Celeste’ ordered by Madame du Barry.
Estimate: £30-50
Hammer: £2000
Andrew Smith & Son, Alresford, October 30
Coalport China Heirloom series figure group, Lady with Maid, numbered 176/250.
Estimate: £20-40
Hammer: £820
Bigwood, Stratford-Upon-Avon, October 29
Legacy, a 12 x 16in (30 x 40cm) oil on canvas inscribed and dated 1985 by Leroy Clarke (Trinidad, b.1938) together with a drawing dated 1978.
Estimate: £120-180
Hammer: £2700
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for September 30-October 6, 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
