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Auction Name Cornish Art, Fine Art and Studio Pottery Total Sales (GBP) 5,233.36
Auction Date November 27, 2025 - November 28, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 3,330.00
Sale Number #112725 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 5,270.00
Total Lots 30
Sold Lots 28.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,180.00
% of Lots Sold 93.33% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 6,550.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 79.90%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
810 Winifred NICHOLSON

Flower Tales

1976 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 400.64
750 Graham Vivian SUTHERLAND (1903-1980)

La Petite Afrique (1953)

1953 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 375.60
777 Hall THORPE (1874-1947)

Forget-Me-Not

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 375.60
789 Hall THORPE (1874-1947)

Cowslips

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 375.60
715 Oscar DROEGE (1898-1982/83)

Oaks

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 275.44
767 Blair HUGHES-STANTON (1902-1981)

Midsummer Night (1958)

1958 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 275.44
809 Jonathan Riley

Alan Lowndes

2010 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 275.44
808 Alan DAVIE

Alan DAVIE Six Publications

1992 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 237.88
735 Michael ROTHENSTEIN (1908-1993)

Turkey and Farmyard (1954)

1954 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 225.36
747 Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917)

Untitled - Dancer

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 225.36
805

Troika: 63-83 Ben Harris and Lawrence Illsley

2012 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 225.36
389 R.J. Lloyd Simon Olding

The Art of R.J. Lloyd Simon Olding

2011 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 187.80
802 Bryan PEARCE (1929-2006)

A limited-edition box set containing the book 'Bryan Pearce and his artist

2004 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 187.80
804 Sandra Blow, Roger Hilton and Tony O'Malley

Sandra Blow, Roger Hilton and Tony O'Malley Five Publications

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 187.80
9 Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)

The Dark Monarch: A Portrait from Within, 1962

1962 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 175.28
771 Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917)

Untitled from 'The Dance'

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 175.28
807 Andrew LANYON (1947)

'Saint Ives: The Paintings of Peter Lanyon'

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 175.28
742 Oscar DROEGE (1898-1982/83)

Spring in the Tyrol

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 162.76
801

Bryan Pearce Eight Publications, Four Signed

2000 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 125.20
806 Terry Frost

Terry Frost Eight Publications

2000 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 125.20
795 Edgar HOLLOWAY (1914-2008)

Chrysanthemums

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 100.16
773 Julian TREVELYAN (1910-1988)

Cretan Witches Fighting

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 87.64
104 Julian TREVELYAN (1910-1988)

Indigo Days

1957 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 75.12
803 Alfred Wallis & Fred Yates

Alfred Wallis & Fred Yates Interest

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 56.34
811 Paul Feiler

Paul Feiler Six Publications

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 50.08
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.