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Auction Name: The Cornwall Antiques Sale
Auction Date: 02/24/2026 - 02/24/2026
Sale Number: #22426
Total Lots: 40
Sold Lots: 16.0
Lots Sold: 40.00%
Unsold Lots: 24

Total Sales (GBP): 3,714.12
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 2,510.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 3,850.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 4,580.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 6,980.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 53.21%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
393		A Black Sabbath poster signed Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Tony Lommi, and Geezer Butler	N/A	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,186.20
325		A 42" circular double sided enamel Cadillac Authorized Service sign Walker & Co Detroit makers mark.	N/A	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 948.96
456		Miles Davies in Concert Zurich 22 Oct 1971 Rene Ruegg poster	1971	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 738.08
403		An 18th century or earlier pocket sized leather bound Almanack	18th century or earlier	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 158.16
473	Christopher Saxton (British c.1540-1610)	North Yorkshire, 'Eboracensis Comitatus pars Septentrionalis Vulgo North Riding',	17th century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 125.21
400	Mao Tse-Tung ; Mrs Mary Shelley,	"Quotes from the Chairman" in Chinese together with Frankenstein	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 112.03
318		An Agents for Lagonda Cars enamel sign	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 92.26
317		A Victorian leather bound album filled with cabinet cards from various photography studios	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 72.49
298		World War II memorabilia to include a series of photographs and paperwork for N. Dewsbury of 1550	1944	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.72
463		Exhibition posters, to include Mughal Painting British Library Board 1976, Wonders of the Age	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 46.13
409		Art reference books: Anthony Gormley Drawing British Museum Press 2002, Karl Sabbagh, Power into Art	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 39.54
407	William Scott,	Norbert Lynton,	2004	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 39.54
315		My Film Favorites 'picturegoer' series postcard album with approximately 70 postcards of 1940/50s	1940/50s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 32.95
408		Louis Wain's Cats Michael Pakin,	1983	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 26.36
458		John Tallis & Company London & New York J. Rapkin Spain and Portugal, Northern Africa, Baltic Sea,	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 23.72
357		A WWI Queen Mary brass Christmas tin together with various George VI Coronation ephemera etc.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 19.77
322		An Ex-Lax enamel advertising sign with in-set thermometer gauge	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
534		Seventeen antique rug catalogues dating from 1973-2008, from auction houses Sothebys, Christies, ...	973-2008	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
532		Twenty-Seven antique rugs auction catalogues, dating from 1973-1979, from auction houses	1973-1979	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
529		Twelve Christies and Sothebys auction catalogues of antique rugs, dating from 1971-1979. (12)	1971-1979	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold

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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.