TOP SELLING LOTS
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, April 7
Cartier 18ct gold zodiac pendant depicting Aries, signed Cartier, numbered R614, London hallmarks for 1980.
Estimate: £1000-1500
Hammer: £14,000
Chiswick Auctions, London, April 7
View from a window, pencil and watercolour by Patrick Procktor (1936-2003) dated 1968, 2ft x 17in (59 x 44cm).
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £11,000
Rogers Jones, Colwyn Bay, April 12
An 18th century campaign-style padouk bureau bookcase, possibly Anglo-Chinese, 5ft 1in (1.56m).
Estimate: £200-250
Hammer: £13,500
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
HRD Auction Rooms, Brading, Isle of Wight, April 12
Victorian taxidermy montage of Australian fauna including birds and a platypus in glazed case, some insect damage.
Estimate: £70-100
Hammer: £1800
Stamford Auction Rooms, Lincolnshire, April 8
Victorian pink paste bracelet, double quatrefoil brooch and screw back earrings with collet set oval stones.
Estimate: £30-50
Hammer: £1800
Jones & Jacob, Watlington, Oxfordshire, April 13
TS Eliot, Old Possums Book of Practical Cats, signed by the author and dated October 1939, some torn pages with partial dust jacket.
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £2500
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for March 17-23, 2022.
‘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
