TOP SELLING LOTS
Plakas Auctions, London, March 30
Prehistoric lapis lazuli carving of scorpion goddess, Turkmenistan c.3000 BC, 7in (17cm), UK collection since 1970s.
Estimate: £20,000-30,000
Hammer: £24,000
Antony Cribb, Newbury, April 4
Rare 1796 pattern heavy cavalry officer’s sword and scabbard with owner’s initials EB and label inscribed Sword of Lieutenant Everard Bouverie RHA Waterloo, Delapre Abbey.
Estimate: £3000-5000
Hammer: £15,000
Woolley Wallis, Salisbury, April 4
Continental walnut carving of an ostrich in Renaissance style, possibly 17th century, 2ft 6in (74cm) high.
Estimate: £1200-1500
Hammer: £12,000
HIGHEST PRICE OVER ESTIMATE
Clarks, Liskeard, March 30
Neapolitan mandolin by Raffaele Calace & Figlio, 1934, decorated with tortoiseshell & with ivory bridge.
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £3000
Kinghams, Moreton in Marsh, March 30
Art Nouveau cast bronze and vaseline glass pendant light fitting in organic leaf and bud form, 13in (32cm) wide.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1800
Cato Crane, Liverpool, timed online closing March 30
Plate from a quarter leather bound large folio copy of James Rattray’s Scenery, Inhabitants & Costumes of Afghanistan, 1848.
Estimate: £200-300
Hammer: £8600
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for arch 30-April 5, 2023.
‘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
