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Auction Name
Cornish Art, Fine Art, and Studio Pottery
Auction Date
02/19/2026 - 02/19/2026
Sale Number
#21926
Total Lots
81
Sold Lots
73.0
Lots Sold
90.12%
Unsold Lots
8
Total Sales (GBP)
25,046.30
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
15,650.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
24,850.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
16,680.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
26,570.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
94.27%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
14 Terry FROST

Longbow

1998 GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 GBP 4,131.60
50 Patrick HERON

Winchester Four IV, May 1967

 1967 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,629.20
51 Patrick HERON

Red Winchester I, 1963

 1963 GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,878.00
757 Damien HIRST

'Beautiful exotic stretching itchy spinning void etching', 1995

 1995 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,252.00
249 Terry FROST

Orchard Tambourine

 N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 688.60
219 Breon O'CASEY

Untitled

 N/A GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 626.00
731 Gertrude HERMES

Snowdrop

1936 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 600.96
270 Terry FROST

Orchard Tambourine

 N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 563.40
457 Bernard Howell LEACH

Printing Block

1957 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 525.84
72 Kurt JACKSON

Kenidjack

2021 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 500.80
499 Paul MOUNT

Victoria Beach

1973 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 475.76
749 Oscar DROEGE

Breaking Waves

 N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 438.20
373 Sandra BLOW

Colour Within

 N/A GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 438.20
741 Henri HAYDEN

Le Paysage, 1968

 1968 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 400.64
461 Sandra BLOW

Revolve

 N/A GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 400.64
83 Breon O'CASEY

Untitled

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 400.64
760 Hall THORPE

Polyanthus

 N/A GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 375.60
378 Brian RICE

Six Squares on Brown, 1969

 1969 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 375.60
719 Allen William SEABY

The River

 N/A GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 350.56
708 Ludwig MEIDNER

Self Portrait

 N/A GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 350.56
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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.