Sale Results: January 31st

Some results from our most recent sale

The New Year is usually a very buoyant time but this sale was given extra lift by the rare Rolex military issue Submariner 5517 that climbed well above its £4,000-6,000 estimate, finally selling to an internet bidder based in the UAE for £42,000. This is a new house record for a watch.

The picture section was led by a large modern oil on card by the local artist Anthony Amos (1950-2010), depicting a steamship in port in rusty tones. This attracted an internet collector from Falmouth for a double estimate £2,200.

Currently high silver prices were exemplified by the 1944 Sheffield four piece tea service that sold to a local bidder for £1,800.

Other watches on offer included the stainless steel Omega Seamaster Professional at £1,800 and the 1959 18ct gold Rolex 'Thunderbird' Datejust that sold to an internet bidder from Stoke for £5,000. A boxed stainless steel Rolex Oyster made £2,100. A 9ct gold half hunter cased pocket watch and a smaller 18ct gold Waltham pocket watch each made £1,250 to a local bidder.

Michael Bowman's January auction at Chudleigh Town Hall proved to be one of the most successful events in the auctioneer's 40 years of business.

A Hatton Garden jeweller bought the small Kutchinsky gold cat pendant for £1,400 as well as the Victorian pink topaz & pearl necklace for a multi-estimate price of £7,900 and the fancy yellow diamond cluster ring for £3,400.

A local bidder in the room was pleased to go home with the 5.5 carat colour change Ceylon sapphire ring for her winning bid of £4,700.

Michael Bowman is now accepting suitable entries for his next auction to be held at Chudleigh on March 28th and is available for free consultation by appointment at Chudleigh Town Hall or Kingsteignton each Monday afternoon.