TOP SELLING LOTS
Cheffins, Cambridge, February 9
Orientalist oil on canvas sketch of an imam reading in the Hagia Sophia, 22 x 14in (55 x 35cm).
Estimate: £200-300
Hammer: £27,000
Fellows, Birmingham, February 9
18ct gold vari-shape diamond watch by Rolex with estimated total diamond weight of 22cts.
Estimate: £18,000-22,000
Hammer: £27,000
Toovey’s, Washington, West Sussex, February 15
Two oval oil on canvas portraits of Louis Antoine de Bourbon, duc d’Angoulême (1775-1844) and Charles Ferdinand d’Artois, duc d’Berrie (1778-1820) by Henri- Pierre Danloux.
Estimate: £8000-12,000
Hammer: £15,000
Setart, Barcelona, February 9
A 1970s Cartier white gold and lapis lazuli bracelet watch.
Estimate: €6000-6500
Hammer: €16,000 (£14,100)
HIGHEST PRICE OVER ESTIMATE
Duke’s, Dorchester, February 15
Staffordshire Sherratt type bull baiting group, 13in (32cm).
Estimate: £50-100
Hammer: £4500
Wallis & Wallis, Lewes, February 14
A Victorian oil painting of an officer’s horse titled on the reverse The Butt, January, 1884, showing an officer’s charger of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons in full dress, saddle cloth at side of the painting marked BM, 2ft x 18in. Very good condition (small tear to right hand side).
Estimate: £70-100
Hammer: £2700
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for February 9-15, 2023.
‘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
