TOP SELLING LOTS
Loddon Auctions, Reading, August 25
Set of 33 (of 44) South American cigar cards featuring baseball players, Aguilitas Second Series c.1924-25, most with some paper adhesion to backs.
Estimate: £120-150
Hammer: £10,800
Hansons, Etwall, August 27
George VI 1937 gold specimen set of £5, £2, sovereign and half sovereign in original case.
Estimate: £10,000-12,000
Hammer: £10,200
Toovey’s, West Sussex, August 26
Chinese export famille rose enamelled jar and cover with scenes of boys at play, probably Yongzheng period, 17in (42cm), restoration to cover.
Estimate: £800-1200
Hammer: £10,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Great Western Auctions, Glasgow, August 28
Chinese yellow ground incised dragon dish with Yongzheng mark but 20th century, 20in (51cm) diameter.
Estimate: £200-300
Hammer: £5200
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, September 1
Japanese Edo period wooden netsuke of a cluster of seashells.
Estimate: £50-80
Hammer: £2100
Comic Book Auctions, timed online sale ending August 29
Tiger No 1 (1954) including first appearance of Roy of the Rovers, some small tears to margins.
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £2200
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for August 26-September 1, 2021, 2019. ‘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
