Lay's Auctioneers: Cornish Art, Fine Art & Studio Pottery, 91125, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 11, 2025 - September 12, 2025
Page Size: 148 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
264 Lieke RITMAN (1942)

Jolly Town Barn (1978)

1978 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 25.04
276 Gill WATKISS (1938-2024)

Tregarthan (Tregarthen) Farm, 1979

1979 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
286 Gill WATKISS (1938-2024)

Tregarthan Farm (1979)

1979 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 525.84
290 Terry FROST (1915-2003)

Orchard Tambourine

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 400.64
291 Alan DAVIE (1920-2014)

Tresor Fone - Variation IX

2000 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
300 John PIPER (1903-1992)

Stones and Bones XXIII, 1978 (Levinson 312)

1978 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 112.68
312 Gill WATKISS (1938-2024)

Newlyn, The Fishermen's Mission (2010)

2010 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
336 Gordon COUCH (1944)

Four sketchbooks and a signed hand print.

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 125.20
340 Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)

Spiders

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 187.80
343 Sandra BLOW (1925-2006)

Chelsea

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 651.04
350 Alan DAVIE (1920-2014)

To A Celtic Spirit III

2001 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 137.72
371 Terry FROST (1915-2003)

Orchard Tambourine

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 563.40
382 Gill WATKISS (1938-2024)

St Just Celebration (2007)

2007 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 438.20
385 Roger HILTON (1911-1975)

Woman in Landscape (1974)

1974 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
387 Gill WATKISS (1938-2024)

North Coast Walkers (1986)

1986 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 275.44
390 Frederick Edward MCWILLIAM (1909-1992)

Women of Belfast (1973)

1973 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 125.20
400 Robert ADAMS (1917-1984)

Screen Form (1973)

1973 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 162.76
447 Laurence Stephen LOWRY (1887-1976)

Burford Church, 1948

1948 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,815.40
448 John BELLANY (1942-2013)

Bass Rock Fable

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 275.44
459 John BELLANY (1942-2013)

Fisherman

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 87.64
460 Peter BLAKE (1932)

Liberty Blake in a Kimono

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 125.20
466 Henri MATISSE (1869-1954)

La Piscine (1954)

1954 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
472 David SHRIGLEY(1968)

You Are Too Close

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 212.84
474 Ansel Easton ADAMS (1902-1984)

Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox

GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,126.80
476 Rosemarie TROCKEL (1952)

Life (Gold)

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,126.80
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.