TOP SELLING LOTS
Lay’s, Penzance, August 24
Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970), Portrait of Fryn Tennyson Jesse, oil on canvas, 2ft x 20in (61 x 51cm), c.1910.
Estimate: £20,000-30,000
Hammer: £20,500
Sterling Vault, Worthing, August 24
Rolex GMT Master Reference 126710 with papers, c.2020.
Estimate: £10,500-11,500
Hammer: £13,000
Bishop & Miller, Norfolk, August 30
Sebastian Pether (1790-1844), Vesuvius in Eruption by Moonlight, signed and dated 1825, oil on canvas, 13 x 17in (34 x 43cm).
Estimate: £5000-7000
Hammer: £7200
HIGHEST PRICE OVER ESTIMATE
Browns, Jedburgh, August 26
African (Zulu) carved wood headrest.
Estimate: £40-60
Hammer: £1400
Hansons, Middlesex, August 26
Indian carved stone bodhisattva, 4in (10cm).
Estimate: £30-50
Hammer: £3100
Rendells, Ashburton, Devon, August 24
Late Victorian carriage clock with eight-day repeating movement playing Westminster chimes.
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £2400
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for August 24-30, 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
