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Lay's Auctioneers: Antique and Asian Sale

Auction Reports

Auction Name Antique and Asian Sale Total Sales (GBP) 7,073.80
Auction Date August 07, 2025 - August 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,880.00
Sale Number #80725 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,730.00
Total Lots 44
Sold Lots 32 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,010.00
% of Lots Sold 72.73% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 6,710.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 105.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
73

An enamel advertising sign.

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,377.20
15

A W.B. Cooper Lowestoft enamel advertising sign.

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 563.40
195

Cornish Interest. An early 20th century enamel advertising sign.

early 20th century GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 475.76
76

A Duckhams Q Motor Oil enamel advertising sign.

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 400.64
132

Britain in the Blitz Collection of advertising and ephemera

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 375.60
94

A Brooke Bond Tea enamel advertising sign.

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 350.56
179

An early 20th century double sided enamel advertising sign.

early 20th century GBP 140.00 - 180.00 GBP 313.00
1

Flambards advertising.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 275.44
60

Exmoor interest, two photograph albums, Oare and Kemps farm.

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 275.44
85

A Player's Navy Cut enamel advertising sign.

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 212.84
68

A collection of 18 Clarke Wheel of Life Zoetrope Animation strips.

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 200.32
82

A vintage enamel advertising sign.

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 200.32
27 Walter LANGLEY (1852-1922)

Conveyancing documents of his studio in Newlyn, dated 1888

1888 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 187.80
138

An early 20th century enamel advertising sign.

early 20th century GBP 140.00 - 180.00 GBP 187.80
100

A Rinso enamel sign.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 175.28
208

An early 20th century double sided enamel advertising sign.

early 20th century GBP 140.00 - 180.00 GBP 175.28
564 Katsushika Hokusai,

A Japanese woodblock print.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 162.76
6

A Worthington colour pictorial advertisement.

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 150.24
259 King Charles III, as The Prince of Wales

King Charles III, as The Prince of Wales Royal Christmas card 1998

1998 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 125.20
590

Five Japanese woodblock prints.

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 125.20
52

A Brooke Bond dividend Tea enamel advertising sign.

GBP 60.00 - 90.00 GBP 112.68
258 King Charles III, as The Prince of Wales

King Charles III, as The Prince of Wales Royal Christmas card 1997

1997 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 112.68
591 Utagawa Yoshikazu,

A Japanese woodblock print.

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 112.68
102

Two small boxes of advertising and shop memorabilia.

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 75.12
164

Britain in the Blitz Advertising

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 62.60
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