TOP SELLING LOTS
Kinghams, Moreton-in-Marsh, July 30
Martin Brothers stoneware sculptural bird jar with incised marks to head and base RW Martin + Bros, London + Southall, 6-1891, 12in (30cm) high.
Estimate: £30,000-40,000
Hammer: £28,000
Cheffins, Cambridge, timed online sale closing on July 28
South Africa gold half Pond, 1892, with initials OS below bust of Johannes Paulus Kruger.
Estimate: £400-600
Hammer: £15,350
Henry Aldridge & Son, Devizes, July 30
Edison Class M electric phonograph with patents to 1891 model no 25708 in oak case with accessories drawer.
Estimate: £6000-8000
Hammer: £5700
Michael J Bowman, Newton Abbot, July 30
Victorian silver and glass triple barrel tantalus with stoppers and keys fashioned as Viscount’s coronets by RHWL, London 1865, fitted with 12 associated continental silver cups.
Estimate: £4000
Hammer: £5700
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Criterion, London, August 3
Two RAF air officer’s caps with early ER badges named for JR Whitley, with Gieves retailer’s box.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £3100
Toovey’s, Washington, West Sussex, August 3
St Paul’s from North West, Dec 29th 1940, Paternoster Row in Foreground, oil on board, signed Frederick TW Cook and titled verso, 11 x 15in (28 x 38cm).
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £2000
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
