Rolex is star of the show

Auctioneer Paul Keen reports on a fabulous night on the rostrum following three hours of selling a great collection of jewellery and watches

ITH several hundred bidders £300. Collectors thought different and registered online, a good attendance bidding soared to £1,600 much to the and numerous surprise of many in the saleroom, shortly phone lines, the sale had all the right ingredients later a similar one was sold for £700. for a high grossing auction. The headline lot in the watch section From the first lot selling for five times its was the 1965 Rolex 5513, recently featured estimate, bids for jewellery came in in the arts section. The estimate of thick and fast with a notable high £7,000 to £9,000 was surpassed well amount of international bidders. before the auction with pre-sale bids

There were numerous four figure jewellery coming in from as far as the US. lots including, a a two carat solitaire A London collector saw off a lot of ring selling for £5,800 to a couple competition bidding by phone with a in the saleroom, a lovely diamond line winning bid of an impressive £20,000 bracelet selling for £2,700 and a stunning (including premium). Three lots later a tanzanite ring creating a flurry of Rolex Sea Dweller sold for £11,400 (incl UK and US bids going for £2,500. premium).

There were many lots selling well over Elsewhere other Rolex, Tudor and estimate including lot 131 which really Breitling watches sold very well much took off, a 19th century ornate yellow to the delight of the sellers. gold flower and leaf design tortoiseshell The auctioneers can be contacted on hair comb set with pearls, valued at just 01752 254740.

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> Paul Keen with the 1965 Rolex 5513