Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books & Works on Paper- Polperro: The works of Arthur Wragg & Frederick Roberts Johnson, 21324, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 13, 2025 - February 13, 2025
Page Size: 756 items in 31 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1141 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Two Works

1924 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 75.12
1142 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Toboggan Skittles at ''Tadley-God-Help-Us''

1924 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 50.08
1143 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Female Portrait

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 75.12
1144 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Three Works including from Psalms of Modern Life

1924 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 237.88
1145 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Five works

1924 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 250.40
1146 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Five Works

1924 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 400.64
1147 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Three works

1924 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 250.40
1148 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Two WWII inspired works

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 200.32
1149 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Nuremberg

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 100.16
1150 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Six Works

1924 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 125.20
1151 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Chrysanthemums within a 19th Century Asian blue and white vase

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 162.76
1152 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Nine Works

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 137.72
1153 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Polperro in the manner of Christopher Wood

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 350.56
1154 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Two Pre-Second World War Inspired Works

1924 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 150.24
1155 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

A Warm Greeting

1924 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 2,754.40
1156 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Smashes Poverty

1924 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 150.24
1157 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Five Works

1924 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 56.34
1158 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Stylized Polperro

1924 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 200.32
1159 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Wistful Figures

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 100.16
1160 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Floral study with stormy seas behind

1924 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 350.56
1161 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Two Polperro Views

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 275.44
1162 Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986)

Four Works

1924 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 62.60
1163 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Two Works

1924 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 212.84
1164 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

A portfolio of loose sketches and preparatory drawings

1924 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 62.60
1165 Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976)

Eleven Works

1924 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 56.34
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