TOP SELLING LOTS
Cheffins, Cambridge, August 1
Carl Bucherer lady’s diamond-set evening clutch bag, c.1965, of closed basket weave design, 6½in (17cm) long, opening with piano hinge to reveal a mirror. Total diamond weight approximately 4.20cts, gross weight 390g.
Estimate: £7000-9000
Hammer: £8000
Bushey Auctions, Hertfordshire, August 1
John Bellany (1942-2013) framed oil on canvas of a lady with a puffin with Bass Rock in the background, signed bottom right, 2ft 6in x 2ft (76 x 61cm).
Estimate: £2500-3500
Hammer: £5500
Antikbar, London, August 3
Original vintage travel advertising poster published for the Venezia Graphic Design Conference and used by the Italian Tourist Office (ENIT) to promote Venice. Design by Cassandre, pseudonym of Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron (1901-68).
Estimate: £1200-2400
Hammer: £4800
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Adam Partridge, Liverpool, August 7
Photograph album titled The Sino-Japanese Hostilities 1937 Shanghai, the front cover with silvered depictions of warfare including bombs, planes, bullets, tanks and warships, the interior containing 110 photographs.
Estimate: £30-50
Hammer: £1150
1818 Auctioneers, Milnthorpe, August 3
A bound collection of 18th and 19th century newspaper cuttings, illustrations, cartoons (some coloured) and adverts/ flyers. Contents include natural curiosities, the human form, balloon flights, personal adverts and many other oddities.
Estimate: £200-250
Hammer: £3400
Bellmans, West Sussex, August 3
Friedrich Feigl (1884-1965), Montmartre, oil on canvas, signed, 2ft 3in x 23in (68 x 58.5cm).
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £3000
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for August 1-7, 2019.
‘Highest multiple over top estimate’ = Our selection of items from the top 15 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
