TOP SELLING LOTS
Banks Jewellery Auctions, timed online sale closing January 24
Art Deco diamond, ruby and emerald double clip brooch.
Estimate: n/a
Hammer: £15,100
Fellows, Birmingham, January 19
Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic in stainless steel, one of less than 800 produced to mark the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58.
Estimate: £10,000-15,000
Hammer: £11,000
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, January 25
Ernest Gimson oak chest of drawers with patinated brass handles by Alfred Bucknell, 2ft 3in (99cm) wide, c.1915.
Estimate: £3000-5000
Hammer: £7000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Babuino Casa d’Aste, Rome, January 19
Still-life attributed to Adolfo Couve Rioseco (Chile, 1940-98), oil on canvas, 18 x 20in (40 x 50).
Estimate: €100-150
Hammer: €4000 (£3600)
Ramsay Cornish, Edinburgh, January 20
Straits Settlement type famille rose covered jar or kamcheng, 8in (21cm) diameter.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £2200
Chilcotts, Honiton, January 21
Transitional type blue and white ‘cranes and prunus’ jar, apocryphal Chenghau mark, 7in (18cm) high, cover missing.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £3800
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for January 19-25, 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
‘Top selling lots’ = Our selection of items from the top 20 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com
