Throughout the course of getting ready for an auction one of the things we like to do, once the catalogue has been published, is try to guess what the best selling lot will be in the auction. We all have our different methods of what we take into account to come to this decision, for the auctioneer it is his 20+ years of experience & gut feeling, for the porter, his gut feeling, for our part time office administrator it’s often whatever is the quirkiest, for the photographer a combination of what she liked when she was doing the photography, her years of working here & seeing it all and the quality of the items, for me, I like to go through the system to see what are our most watched lots (which doesn’t always mean a lot will do well, but often can do, but I like looking!) & make a decision from those, plus if I see something I really like, I like to think (often erroneously!) that it will obviously do well 🙂
So for next Wednesday’s auction, our most watched lots (in no particular order) are:

Estimates: £300 – 500

Estimates: £1,500 – 2,000

Estimates: £100 – 150

Worms Head
A limited edition etching, No. 123/150
Signed in pencil to the margin
59.5 x 45cm (image size)
With Christie’s Contemporary Art Certificate
Estimates: £80 – 120

Estimates: £300 – 500

Estimates: £100 – 150

Estimates £1,500 – 2000
And my favourite lot in the sale

Trees on the skyline
Watercolour
Signed and dated 1995
11 x 12cm
Estimates – £400 – 600
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