TOP SELLING LOTS
Sterling Vault Auctioneers, Farnham, Surrey, July 30
A gentlemen’s Rolex Oyster perpetual submariner gilt underline wristwatch from c.1964, with box, and currently running.
Estimate: £14,000-16,000
Hammer: £15,500
Canterbury Auction Galleries, Kent, August 2
A French walnut and marquetry rectangular centre table, the top and sides inlaid with floral marquetry and a moulded edge to the top.
Estimate: £200-300
Hammer: £9500
Chiswick Auctions, London, July 30
Still life with lilies by Mary Fedden (1915-2012), signed and dated 1997, an oil on canvas measuring 20 x 16in (51 x 41cm).
Estimate: £8000-12,000
Hammer: £10,000
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Canterbury Auction Galleries, Kent, August 2
A commission signed by George III appointing James Murray Esq to be Governor of our Town of Quebec, also signed by His Majesty’s Command, W Pitt. It is dated 1760, the year after General James Wolfe defeated the French forces on the Plains of Abraham.
Estimate: £200-300
Hammer: £7500
Keys, Aylsham, July 29
A reverse engraving on glass published by Stampa & Son in 1806 showing a Representation of the body of the late illustrious Admiral Lord Nelson laying in State in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital.
Estimate: £150-200
Hammer £4400
Franklin Browns, Edinburgh, August 1
A collection of greyhound racing ephemera including a programme for The Grey Hound Derby at White City, London, in 1928 with newspapers recording the event.
Estimate: £20-40
Hammer: £720
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for July 29-August 5, 2020. 'Highest multiple overtop 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
