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Lay's Auctioneers: The Contents of a Gentleman's Town house
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Contents of a Gentleman's Town house | Total Sales (GBP) | 21,584.48 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 7,635.00 |
| Sale Number | #12926 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 12,975.00 |
| Total Lots | 88 | ||
| Sold Lots | 88.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 7,635.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 12,975.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 166.35% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | Richard Carew | The Survey of Cornwall |
N/A | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,189.40 |
| 12 | Henry Scott TUKE (1858-1929) | La Belle Dame sans Merci (1899) |
1899 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,026.64 |
| 316 | An original Railway Poster 1950s |
1950s | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 976.56 | |
| 229 | Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes | King Arthur's Wood: A Fairy Story |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 901.44 |
| 164 | John Troutbeck | A Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands: |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 813.80 |
| 202 | William Borlase | (Cornwall) William Borlase Two works |
1758 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 813.80 |
| 4 | Elizabeth FORBES (1859-1912) | Boy with Stick |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 726.16 |
| 6 | Thomas Cooper GOTCH (1854-1931) | Parasol Pines |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 600.96 |
| 173 | (William Penaluna Publisher) | An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall |
1838 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 563.40 |
| 221 | Iris Murdoch Eighteen works |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 563.40 | |
| 213 | (Penzance) Plan for the Borough of Penzance 1841 |
[c.1841] | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 525.84 | |
| 5 | Elizabeth FORBES (1859-1912) | An Old Lady of Pont Aven (1882) |
1882 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 170 | William Borlase | Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly..... |
N/A | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 204 | Edward Gibbon | (Armorial Binding) The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire |
1791 - 1797 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 288 | CHRISTO (1935-2020) | The Pont Neuf Wrapped - Project For Paris 1984 (1985) |
1984 (1985) | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 475.76 |
| 231 | (Art and Cornwall) A large collection of works |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 400.64 | |
| 181 | Richard Carew The Survey of Cornwall |
1769 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 375.60 | |
| 198 | R. Polwhele | (Cornwall) The History of Cornwall |
1803, 1816 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 209 | Henry T. De La Beche | Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset |
1839 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 212 | Ithell Colquhoun | The Living Stones. Cornwall |
1957 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 350.56 |
| 167 | [John Ayrton Paris] A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End |
1824 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 275.44 | |
| 178 | (Cornwall) Fifteen Works |
1875 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 275.44 | |
| 183 | (William Penaluna Publisher) Fortescue Hitchins and Samuel Drew | The History of Cornwall |
1824 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 275.44 |
| 206 | George Woodley | A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands |
1822 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 275.44 |
| 225 | (Ornament, Interior Design, Arts and Crafts) A large collection of works |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 275.44 |
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Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1481 ❧ THE FIRST VIEW OF VENICE. ROLEWINCK, WERNER. 1425-1502. $8,000 - $12,000.Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1496 ❧ GREEK INCUNABLE. MANUTIUS, ALDUS. 1449-1515. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ THE SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE. FINÉ, ORONCE. 1494-1555. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCIENTIFIC BOOKS OF THE RENAISSANCE. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ RENAISSANCE CYPHERS AND REBUSES. PALATINO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1515-1575. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1588 ❧ "ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANTLY PRODUCED OF ALL TECHNOLOGICAL TREATISES." $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1618 ❧ THREE DUTCH EMBLEM BOOKS BY DANIEL HEINSIUS BOUND IN ONE. $5,000 - $8,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1710 ❧ A BEAUTIFULLY COLORED "PRINT BIBLE". BASNAGE, JAKOB. 1653-1723. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1818 ❧ EARLY COLOR LITHOGRAPHY. BARTH, JOHANN AUGUST. 1765-1818. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1896 ❧ KELMSCOTT CHAUCER: THE FINEST BOOK SINCE THE GUTENBERG BIBLE. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1903 ❧ DOVES PRESS MAGNUM OPUS: THE DOVES BIBLE. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1680 ❧ FREIBERG FÊTE BOOKS FROM THE GOURARY COLLECTION. $1,000 - $1,500 -
One of a Kind Auctions
Tesla, Einstein & The American Presidency: Rare Historical Documents
Ending April 30, 2026One of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: The Republican Court; Autographs of George Washington, (Signers) Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, John Dickinson, Charles Carroll of Carrollton and More!One of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: Nikola Tesla Signed Holograph Manuscript Page from "Tidal Wave to Make War Impossible," Describing the World's First Conceived Remotely Operated Weapon of Mass Naval Destruction.One of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: Albert Einstein — Incredible possibly Unique Signed & Inscribed Einsteins hand “Relativitätstheorie / A. Einstein” Booklet: Relativitätstheorie, 10th Ed., 1920, Original Wrappers.One of a Kind Auctions
Tesla, Einstein & The American Presidency: Rare Historical Documents
Ending April 30, 2026One of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: James Joyce Personal Copy of Finnegan's Wake (With Signature).One of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: Buster Keaton Flamingo Films / Kennedy Productions Archive Group, 1933–1937.One of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: Extremely rare Josiah Henson (Uncle Tom) Signature & Harriet Beecher Stowe Cabinet Card.One of a Kind Auctions
Tesla, Einstein & The American Presidency: Rare Historical Documents
Ending April 30, 2026One of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: William Livingston (Signer of DOI), the New Jersey State Convention had unanimously ratified the Federal Constitution.One of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: Complete 1927 Tunney-Dempsey "Long Count" Fight Ticket Signed by George Getz, with 1923 Dempsey-Firpo Dinner Card and Jack Dempsey Signed Photograph.One of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: James Buchanan Cabinet Signed Autograph albumOne of a Kind Auctions, Apr. 30: CHARLES LINDBERGH SIGNS HIS NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL BANQUET INVITATION, JUNE 14, 1927 — THREE WEEKS AFTER THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT -
Gros & Delettrez, May 5: APRÈS de MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste d’- Le Neptune Oriental.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: DELISLE, Guillaume – Atlas françois,1725.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: HONTER. SOPHOCLE - Recueil composite réunissant deux ouvrages.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: PHÉROTÉE DE LA CROIX, A. - Algemeene weereld-beschryving.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: LA PÉROUSE, Jean-François de Galaup de - Voyage autour du monde.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: BLAEU, Guillaume & Jean -Septième volume de la Géographie Blaviane.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: TATIKIAN, Boğos - Figures et costumes du Levant.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: GIRAULT DE PRANGEY, Joseph-Philibert -Monument arabes et moresques de Cordoue, Séville et Grenade.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: CHAMPOLLION le jeune. Monuments de l’Egypte et de la Nubie.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: CASSAS, Louis-François. - Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phénicie, de la Palestine et de la Basse Egypte.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: SONNERAT, Pierre. Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: GARNIER, Francis. Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: SUBERBIE, Alix (E. SMITH). Dessins et aquarelles de Madagascar.Gros & Delettrez, May 5: BYRON -Viage del comandante Byron. -
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Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.