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TOP SELLING LOTS

Golding Young & Mawer, Lincoln, August 24

LS Lowry (1887-1976). Going To The Match, artist signed print, 20½in x 2ft 3in (52 x 68cm).

Estimate: n/a

Hammer: £26,000

Wotton Auctions Rooms, Wotton-under-Edge, August 23

Chinese silver plate and white jade dressing table mirror and brush, made using earlier jade elements.

Estimate: £1000-1500

Hammer: £5500

East Bristol Auctions, timed online sale ending August 23

Original 1979 camera script for Fawlty Towers series two episode ‘Waldorf Salad’.

Estimate: £800-1200

Hammer: £12,000

HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE

Thomson Roddick, Edinburgh, August 18

Painted wood model of a nonconformist chapel inscribed and dated Argyle Square Chapel made and presented by the late Robert Grund 1841, 17in (42cm) long, in leaded glass case.

Estimate: £50-100

Hammer: £1400

Fellows, Birmingham, August 24

Two amber beaded necklaces, length 22in (56cm) and 23½in (60cm).

Estimate: £30-50

Hammer: £1800

Denhams, Horsham, August 24

Victorian Belleek dessert service with turquoise borders and floral sprays comprising four tazza and four plates.

Estimate: £30-40

Hammer: £640


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