Highest price over estimate
Fieldings, Stourbridge, January 6
A Qing porcelain opium pipe with floral decoration and Yixing pottery bowl depicting a monk in a landscape, some restoration, 20in (50cm).
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £3900
Gorringe’s, Lewes, January 8
German bisque head doll with glass eyes, pierced ears and composition body, unsigned, 2ft 3in (88cm).
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £2200
W&H Peacock, Bedford, January 5
A Tri-ang Daimler pedal car for restoration.
Estimate: £30-50
Hammer: £900
Peter Francis, Carmarthen, January 10
A tray lot including figure of a bijin, 16in (39cm) high, probably Imari c.1700.
Estimate: £20-30
Hammer: £11,500
Top selling lots
Hannam’s, Selborne, January 10
A set of six Doulton Lambeth menu holders by George Tinworth, each modelled with comical studies of mice.
Estimate: £3000-5000
Hammer: £11,000
Classical Numismatic Group, New York, January 9
Christoph Bernhard von Galen, Prince-bishop of Münster, 1661, gold six ducat piece with half-length bust of St Paul in clouds above view of the city.
Estimate: $30,000
Hammer: $75,000 (£55,560)
1081 Most registered online bidders
Stroud Auctions, Gloucestershire, January 10-11
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for January 4-10, 2018.
‘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
