Highest price over estimate
Franklin Browns, Edinburgh, April 22
A Chinese blue and white moon flask with scroll handles, 10in (25cm) high.
Estimate: £600-800
Hammer: £56,000
Wotton Auction Rooms, Wotton-under-Edge, April 25
A Victorian cotton quilt decorated with exotic birds and bouquets amid bands of foliage.
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £3900
Top selling lots
Oriental Art Auctions, Hattem, Netherlands
Coral carving of a lady immortal marked Shui Jin, 20th century, 11in (27cm) high.
Estimate: €7000-10,000
Hammer: €34,000
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, April 25
A rare Victorian Irish silver ‘castle-top’ card case depicting Dun Laoghaire harbour, by John Schriber, Dublin 1863.
Estimate: £3000-4000
Hammer: £8800
Sworders, Stansted Mountfitchet, April 25
George V (1910-36) proof set, 1911, in case of issue.
Estimate: £4000-6000
Hammer: £13,000
Mallams Cheltenham, April 26
A Chinese Transitional blue and white porcelain ovoid jar c.1650 decorated with a gathering of figures and a calligraphic inscription, 11in (27cm) high.
Estimate: £2000-3000
Hammer: £36,000
1418 Most registered online bidders
Hansons, Etwall, April 20-25
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for April 20-26, 2017.
‘Highest price over estimate’ = Our selection of items from the top 10 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 10 highest hammer prices paid by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com
