Leading the prices at Halls Fine Art’s successful fine art, antiques and jewellery auction in Shrewsbury was a 3.60ct single stone diamond ring from a Worcestershire seller which sold for £9,500 to an American buyer. An 18ct gold and green tourmaline bracelet by noted 1960s silversmith and designer Tom Scott from a Herefordshire vendor found a new home for £3,600 while a 9ct gold cigarette case, hallmarked London 1958, made its mark at £3,100.
Other notable jewellery prices were £2,200 for an Art Deco style sapphire and diamond bracelet, £1,900 for an emerald and diamond brooch, £1,800 each for a graduated three stone diamond ring and a mid-20th century diamond bar brooch, £1,750 for a sapphire and diamond cluster pendant and £1,650 for a cased harlequin canteen of silver flatware. Quality watches were again in high demand, continuing the strong trend at Halls Fine Art. Leading the way was a Rolex gentleman's 18ct gold Oyster Perpetual Datejust bracelet watch at £5,200, followed by a Patek Philippe 18ct gold hunter pocket watch at £4,400.
An Omega gentleman's 18ct gold Constellation bracelet watch, the same model gifted to Richard Burton by his then wife Elizabeth Taylor, sold for £4,000, while a Chanel lady's 18ct gold diamond set Premiere bracelet watch made £2,900 and a Girard Perregaux gentleman's 18ct gold bracelet watch found a new home at £2,500. A rare pocket watch movement by famous 18th century London watch and clock maker Thomas Mudge (1717-’94) so.