A Chinese bowl, estimated at a few hundred pounds, sold for just under £10,000, including buyers premium, when it went under the Charterhouse hammer in Sherborne on Friday 12th September.

Bidding for the Chinese bowl which is decorated panels painted figures and landscapes, started at £2,000 and then slowed up at £4,000 when a bank of telephone bidders from London across to Hong Kong joined in with the hammer falling down to a specialist London dealer.

“The bowl was consigned for auction from a client living in the middle of Exmoor who took advantage of the free home visit service we offer clients wishing to sell their antiques and chattels.” Commented Richard Bromell. “The client attached no particular value to the bowl, and believed it may have been purchased a number of years ago by a relative who was an Admiral.”

Auction info www.charterhouse-auctions.co.uk

Posted: 09|30|08 at 10:15 am. Filed under: UK News.