The market for English ceramics was seen to show considerable life when Robert Allan's collection was offered at auction with For-Auction. Highest individual prices were paid for the pieces in the best condition and the rarest, as this market gets stronger the higher up the tree you get.
The cover lot ( Lot 43) was one example, this fine Bow botanical plate circa 1760 was conservatively estimated at $1,000-1,500 but soared to $9030. inc BP and sold to a buyer in Paris.
Lot 114 was a very fine Chelsea tea-bowl and saucer by Jeffreyes Hammet O'Neil which was estimated at $3,000-5,000 and sold for $11,610. inc BP and Lot 253 was a Queen Anne chest-on-chest and proved a rare highlight in the field of antique selling for $6300 inc BP against an estimate of $3,000 and perhaps the highest result versus estimate was paid by a museum in Scotland for lot 117 a rare Worcester black-printed mug commemorating Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Estimated at $500-800 it sold for $7095. inc BP
