TOP SELLING LOTS
Dreweatts, Newbury, June 4
Myles Birket Foster (1825-99), Spring Time, watercolour and bodycolour, 22in x 2ft 10in (56 x 86cm), bought by William Howard Palmer in June 1918 for £750.
Estimate: £12,000-18,000
Hammer: £15,000
Christian Hesse, Hamburg, June 1
Geoffrey Chaucer. The Works by the Kelmscott Press, 1896, one of 425 copies on laid paper.
Estimate: €60,000-75,000
Hammer: €65,000 (£56,000)
Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, May 30
Morning glow over the harbour of Constantinople attributed to Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, oil on canvas, inscribed Aivasovsky 1874, 15 x 22in (41 x 56cm).
Estimate: €25,000
Hammer: €65,000 (£56,000)
HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, June 5
Winifred Knights (1899-1947), self-portrait, pencil, 6 x 4½in (15 x 11cm).
Estimate: £100-150
Hammer: £5500
Toovey’s, Washington, West Sussex, May 30
Late 18th century black basalt plaque, probably Wedgwood, decorated with ‘Etruscan’ painting of a female muse holding a lyre, unmarked, 4 x 6in (10 x 15cm).
Estimate: £80-120
Hammer: £1700
The Pedestal, Henley-On- Thames, timed online sale closing on June 2
A 19th century Louis XVI-style four-fold giltwood screen with panels of Chinese silk embroidery, one distressed.
Estimate: £20-30
Hammer: £850
Source: Bid Barometer is a snapshot of sales on thesaleroom.com for May 30-June 5, 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
