TOP SELLING LOTS
Corbitts, Newcastle, November 28
1831 proof crown, one of around 120 struck, fine condition.
Estimate: £16,000-20,000
Hammer: £16,000
Gorringe’s, Lewes, December 3
Mid-19th century mahogany eight-day longcase regulator by EJ Dent of Strand, London.
Estimate: £4000-5000
Hammer: £12,000
Veilinghuis de Jager, Goes, November 28
Probably 18th century blue and white yen-yen vase decorated with scenes of fisherman and waterfalls, 17in (43cm).
Estimate: €6000-12,000
Hammer: €13,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Mitchells, Cumbria, November 27
Republican porcelain plate decorated with a luohan under a tree with seal mark for Wang Bu (1898-1968), 7½in (18cm), restoration to rim.
Estimate: £30-50
Hammer: £4500
Atkins, Axminster, November 29
Stag antler netsuke of an elephant with seal mark for Masayuki of Asakusa c.1880.
Estimate: £30-50
Hammer: £4000
Thomson Roddick, Edinburgh, November 28
Qing or Republican mottled jade pendant of a boy holding a flowering lotus branch, 2¼in (6cm).
Estimate: £60-100
Hammer: £8000
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for November 28-December 4, 2019.
‘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
