Siddington brooches smash auction estimate
Siddington brooches smash auction estimate
Timeline’s auction on 21 February 2023 included several detecting finds including “The Hursley” gold ring and a pair of Anglo Saxon saucer brooches that we have previously featured on this website. The brooches easily surpassed the auction estimate and achieved a hammer price of £19,000. With the buyers premium this means the total price paid will have been £24,700. However, the ring failed to sell in the auction and is being offered at £11,000.
To view any of my selected lots in the auction catalogue click on the lot number. The full catalogue can be found here.
There is a buyer’s premium of 30% (inclusive of VAT) on the hammer price.
Featured lots
Hursley gold posy ring
This gold posy ring was found on 26 August 2012 in a field near Winchester, Hampshire. It was recorded at the PAS as HAMP-62C152, declared Treasure and disclaimed. It is in the form of a belt with a buckle and five unused “holes”. The exterior inscription reads +HOPE * IS * MI HOLDE and continues around the interior TILL * HAP * SHALL * HELPE. The auctioneer says “The inscription is somewhat enigmatic and does not seem to have been previously recorded for a posy ring“. It is believed to date from 1500 – 1700.
“Siddington” Anglo-Saxon saucer brooches
This pair of saucer brooches were our Featured Find in our PAS review last January: PAS Finds: week ended 14 January 2022. The pair were found in Siddington, Gloucestershire on 17 October 2021 and recorded at the PAS as GLO-6A87D9 and GLO-19B6F2. They are believed to date to AD 450 – 550.
Here is Tim Wonnacott reviewing the brooches for the Timeline auction although he does seem to struggle to finds much to say about them.
