TOP SELLING LOTS
Prop Store, Rickmansworth, November 3
Pinhead (Doug Bradley) lifecast with original filming prosthetics from the 1987 film Hellraiser.
Estimate: £12,000-16,000
Hammer: £110,000
Dore & Rees, Frome, November 7
Qing gold and silver inlaid bronze archaic wine vessel, 10in (24cm) high, with provenance to collector Dr David McCay.
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £72,000
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, November 3
Early 20th century Russian sapphire and diamond brooch designed as a looped ribbon, Russian assay mark for St Petersburg plus unidentified maker’s mark SS.
Estimate: £10,000-20,000
Hammer: £13,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Greenslade Taylor Hunt, Taunton, November 3
The Crescent Moon Child Poems by Rabindranath Tagore, New York, 1914, signed by the author and one plate signed by the artist Nandalal Bose, upper hinge split.
Estimate: £80-100
Hammer: £2800
Chalkwell Auctions, Southend, November 9
Early 19th century eight-day fusee wall clock by George Staples of London with silvered dial and ebonised case, 11in (27cm).
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £2300
Vendu Rotterdam, November 8
Famille rose yellow ground decoration medallion bowl with Fu symbols, red Jiaqing (1796-1820) seal mark but probably Republican, 9in (22cm).
Estimate: €200-400
Hammer: €18,000
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com.
‘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
