Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books & Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books & Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 31,663.08 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 30, 2026 - April 30, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 17,720.00 |
| Sale Number | #43026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 29,640.00 |
| Total Lots | 427 | ||
| Sold Lots | 318.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 23,080.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 74.47% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 38,530.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 109 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 82.18% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | Thomas Rowlandson | Trevithick's Railway, Euston |
1809 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 2,316.20 |
| 307 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
2001 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,690.20 | |
| 18 | James Stewart | Plocacosmos: or The Whole Art of Hair Dressing |
1782 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 688.60 |
| 309 | A Genuine and Impartial Account of the Life of Miss Mary Blandy |
1752 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 626.00 | |
| 431 | After BOWLES-CARINGTON | Doctor Blowbladder discovering the perpetual motion |
c.1772 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 600.96 |
| 19 | Joseph Blagrave | Blagrave's Supplement; or, Enlargement, to Mr. Nicholas Culpeper's English Physician...; Blagrave's Introduction to Astrology. In Three Parts |
1674; 1682 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 525.84 |
| 314 | O. Adams | Starmar's New Machine, On Steel Springs, From Plymouth to Exon, In One Day |
1760 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 387 | Bacon's New Large-Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs |
1906 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 400.64 | |
| 313 | C. Fisher | Scarce Theatre Bill, 1794 |
1794 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 415 | Queen Victoria; George Leveson-Gower | Consular appointment document for the Straits Settlements |
1883 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 3 | John Nichols | The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester |
1795-1815 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 350.56 |
| 23 | William Borlase | The Natural History of Cornwall |
1758 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 325.52 |
| 21 | George Alexander Cooke | The Modern British Traveller: Or, Tourist's Pocket Directory. Being an accurate and comprehensive History and Description of All Counties in England, Scotland, and Wales... |
c.1806 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 313.00 |
| 262 | Lena Lowis | Familiar Indian Flowers |
1878 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 313.00 |
| 386 | Bacon's New Large-Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs |
1900 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 313.00 | |
| 418 | Phil Collins; Steve Martin; Jeremy Brett; Ian Hislop; Russ Conway; Joe Brown | Signed postcards and letters |
07-07-99 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 313.00 |
| 20 | Dr. George Kavan | Factor Tables Giving The Complete Decomposition Into Prime Factors of All Numbers up to 256,000 |
1937 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 275.44 |
| 324 | William Mayo; Thomas Jefferys | Barbados, Surveyed by William Mayo, Engraved and Improved by Thomas Jefferys |
1794 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 275.44 |
| 383 | Bacon's Map of London |
c.1888 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 275.44 | |
| 385 | Bacon's New Large-Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs |
1904 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 275.44 | |
| 30 | Ian Fleming | The Spy Who Loved Me |
1962 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 250.40 |
| 321 | Forty postcards |
1936-51 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 250.40 | |
| 427 | Oliver Postgate | ephemera |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 237.88 |
| 22 | Daniel Defoe | The Whole Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner |
1785 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 225.36 |
| 316 | G. R. Lambert & Co; Samuel Bourne | Nineteen albumen prints |
c.1865-c.1880s | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 225.36 |
