TOP SELLING LOTS
TW Gaze, Diss, Norfolk, May 16
Rolex Oyster Perpetual ‘Double Red’ Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000 Reference 1665, manufactured in 1975.
Estimate; £20,000-26,000
Hammer: £20,500
Bonhams, London, timed online sale closed May 22
Late 10th to mid 12th century Viking type sword with large Brazil-nut pommel.
Estimate: £5000-6000
Hammer: £11,000
Van Ham, Cologne, May 16
A 19th century micromosaic tripod table with a scene of St Peter’s Square, from the Convent of the Sisters of Charity of St Carolus Borromeus, Maastricht.
Estimate: €8000-10,000
Hammer: €17,000 (£14,500)
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Anthemion, Cardiff, May 22
Stephenson type miner’s safety lamp, stamped to the base 478H and 4782.
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £4100
Reeman Dansie, Colchester, timed online sale closing May 19
Japanese woodblock print Komagata Embankment, Early Summer, 1919 by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), unframed.
Estimate: £60-80
Hammer: £3300
Fellows, Birmingham, May 21
Scottish silver and garnet-set dress sporran, Edinburgh 1887 with an associated dirk with horn, two later 20th century belt buckles and a photograph of Scottish Highlanders c.1925.
Estimate: £150-200
Hammer: £3450
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for May 16-16, 2024.
‘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
