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Lyon and Turnbull

Auction Info

Auction Name
FIVE CENTURIES ft. A Vintage Viewpoint: 30 Years of Curated Antiques
Auction Date
02/18/2026 - 02/20/2026
Sale Number
#886
Total Lots
18
Sold Lots
14.0
Lots Sold
77.78%
Unsold Lots
4
Total Sales (GBP)
12,750.80
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
7,750.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
11,750.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
11,250.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
17,250.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
73.92%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
426 , SIMON FRANCOIS RAVENET AFTER RICHARD DALTON

SET OF SIX ENGRAVED PRINTS OF ITALIAN CLASSICAL SCULPTURE,

LATE 18TH CENTURY GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,286.00
692

LATE VICTORIAN LARGE EGLOMISE MIRRORED 'OUTFITTING' SHOP SIGN

 LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,778.00
143 ALBRECHT DURER (GERMAN 1471-1528)

THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN -

 1508 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,270.00
695

ENAMELLED METAL LONDON STREET SIGN

 EARLY 20TH CENTURY GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,143.00
104 THOMAS SHERATON

TEN FRAMED PRINTS OF FURNITURE DESIGNS FROM 'THE CABINET MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S DRAWING BOOK'

CIRCA 1791-93 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,143.00
268

VICTORIAN VERRE EGLOMISE CORK ADVERTISING SIGN

 LATE 19TH CENTURY GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,079.50
416

SET OF FOUR PRINTS FROM THE RUINS OF ANCIENT ROME SERIES

 MID 18TH CENTURY GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 952.50
422 AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (ITALIAN 1720-1778)

two prints depicting The Colosseum and St Peter's Basilica in Rome,

 18TH CENTURY GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 635.00
70 AFTER CLAUDE LORRAIN

TWO ENGRAVINGS 'Mercury and Battus', ; the other entitled 'A View of Naples'

 17th January 1767, July 1769 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 609.60
200

GREEN TRANSFER PRINTED MEAT DRAINER IN THE 'GIRAFFE' PATTERN

 MID 19TH CENTURY GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 457.20
58

GROUP OF FOUR GEORGIAN REVERSE GLASS PRINTS

 LATE 18TH CENTURY GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 431.80
726

LONDON TRANSPORT ENAMEL UNDERGROUND STATION SIGN FOR NOTTING HILL GATE

 1970S GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 355.60
691

WINDSOR NEWTON DOUBLE-SIDED TRADE SIGN

 20TH CENTURY GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 330.20
684

VICTORIAN TRANSFER-PRINTED IRONSTONE BUTCHER'S TRAY

 19TH CENTURY GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 279.40
316

PLAYER'S NAVY CUT TIN ADVERTISING SIGN

 EARLY/ MID 20TH CENTURY GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
267

VICTORIAN PICTURE AND SCRAP ALBUM

 19TH CENTURY GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
673 TANCK & WAGELIN

PAIR OF LARGE GERMAN ANATOMICAL PRINTS BY TANCK & WAGELIN

 MID 20TH CENTURY GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
696

FRAMED ENAMELLED METAL LONDON STREET SIGN

 EARLY 20TH CENTURY GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 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.