TOP SELLING LOTS
Amersham Auction Rooms, Buckinghamshire, June 2
Suffragette Hunger Strike silver medal awarded to Margaret West, July 30, 1909, and a silver rose bowl honouring West in relation to her work with Belgian refugees in the Great War.
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £10,500
Bentley’s, Cranbrook, Kent, June 4
William Watkins 5¼in brass reflecting Gregorian telescope with mahogany case, lenses, mirrors and sun filter.
Estimate: £3000-5000
Hammer: £9500
William George, Edinburgh, timed online sale ending June 8
Recently made Sgt Peppers artwork inset with authenticated signatures of The Beatles plus those of Peter Blake and George Martin.
Estimate: £4200-7000
Hammer: £12,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Mendip Auction Rooms, Binegar, Somerset, June 7
Victorian leather bound photograph album with around 200 19th century luminaries including Dickens, Brunel, Ruskin, Lincoln and Nightingale.
Estimate: £50-80
Hammer: £4400
Toovey’s, Washington, West Sussex, June 8
Georgian gold mounted micromosaic brooch.
Estimate: £70-100
Hammer: £1400
Bentley’s, Cranbrook, Kent, June 4
Russian silver and cloisonné enamel vodka cup with the mark of Fabergé workmaster Feodor Ruckert.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £5500
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for June 2-8, 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
