Lay's Auctioneers: Antique, Oak & Country and Interiors, 114, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 15, 2026 - January 16, 2026

Page Size: 27 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
8		Australian black and white lantern slides.		GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 31.30
15A		A W.B. Cooper Lowestoft enamel advertising sign.		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 688.60
16		A group of 14 Champion spark plug tin advertising signs.		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 1,001.60
47		A large late 19th/early 20th century maroon leather bound 'Current Account Ledger'.	late 19th/early 20th century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 31.30
144		Postcard Album & Photos.		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 150.24
147		Cigarette Cards Etc.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 43.82
150		A collection of 19th century and later photographs	19th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 500.80
164		Great Britain Presentation Packs.		GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 125.20
165		Cigarette Cards - sets and odds.		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 56.34
171		Postcards, stamps, coins, trade and cigarette cards.		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 37.56
174		Australia 1948 cricket autographs.	1948	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 313.00
176		Postcards.		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 200.32
187		Collection of Cigarette and Tea Cards - Loose and in Albums.		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
188		Cricket; programmes, handbooks, etc.		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.04
189		Rugby league programmes, etc.		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 25.04
190		A large collection of non-league football programmes.		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
564		Three BIBA mail order catalogues.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 125.20
573		Five vintage actress photographs.		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.04
820		A French lithograph Schwartz, after Laurenty.		GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 12.52
821		A photographic print of Queen Victoria.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 43.82
823	Philip SNOW (20th/21st Century British School)	Swallows and Swift'		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 237.88
826		An early coloured print.		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 137.72
828	F. C. Lewis after W. Varley	(Truro) South West View of St. Mary's Church, Truro.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 87.64
832		A 19th century writing blank.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 237.88
833	Francesco Batolozzi, after Maria Cosway	The Hours.		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.08

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.