TOP SELLING LOTS
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, July 15
Regency butterfly necklace set with amethysts, garnets and chrysolites in closed-back settings within gold filigree decoration.
Estimate: £4000-6000
Hammer: £40,000
Henry Adams, Chichester, July 14
Reuven Rubin (1893-1974), still-life of flowers, oil on canvas signed Rubin and in Hebrew, verso inscribed Daffodils and Iris by Rubin No 32 – Tooth Exhibition 1938, 2ft 4in x 21in (71 x 52cm).
Estimate: £15,000-20,000
Hammer: £37,000
Roseberys, London, July 19
Jacopo Fabris (Italian 1689-1761), The Rialto Bridge from the North, oil on canvas, 23½in x 3ft 4in (60cm x 1.02m).
Estimate: £10,000-15,000
Hammer: £24,000
Rogers Jones, Cardiff, July 16
Aneurin Jones (1930- 2017), oil on board, brown and black Welsh cobs with handlers and crowd of figures: 2ft 8in 4ft 2in (80cm x 1.25m).
Estimate: £3000-4000
Hammer: £9500
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Henry Adams, Chichester, July 14
Opal and diamond oval brooch, in an openwork white metal setting, Mappin & Webb case.
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £3300
Chiswick Auctions, timed online sale ending July 15
William Blake (1757-1827), The Fall of Rosamond (after Thomas Stothard), 1783, etching and stipple engraving on paper, unframed.
Estimate: £100-200
Hammer: £2600
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for July 14-20, 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
