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Lay's Auctioneers: Cornish Art, Fine Art & Studio Pottery
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Cornish Art, Fine Art & Studio Pottery | Total Sales (GBP) | 26,949.30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 14, 2026 - May 15, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 11,110.00 |
| Sale Number | #51426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 18,560.00 |
| Total Lots | 59 | ||
| Sold Lots | 53.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 12,310.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.83% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 20,510.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 6 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 131.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) | Bird over Blues & Grey |
1999 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,881.20 |
| 224 | Wilhelmina BARNS-GRAHAM (1912-2004) | White Circle Series III |
2006 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,380.40 |
| 20 | Wilhelmina BARNS-GRAHAM (1912-2004) | Orange and Lemons Playing Games |
1999 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 2,316.20 |
| 55 | Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) | Dove On Yellow With Grey Triangles |
1999 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,003.20 |
| 275 | Sandra BLOW (1925-2006) | Canvas on Chrome |
N/A | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,815.40 |
| 575 | Gillian Ayres (1930-2018) | Variants |
1970 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,565.00 |
| 378 | Bernard Howell LEACH (1887-1979) | Drawing for a Pot (1973) |
1973 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 876.40 |
| 526 | David Hockney | David Hockney: New Drawings. Salts Mill 1994 |
1994 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 776.24 |
| 234 | Terry FROST (1915-2003) | Madron Blue IV |
1997 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 688.60 |
| 332 | Gill WATKISS (1938-2024) | Tregarthan Farm (1979) |
1979 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 563.40 |
| 48 | Duncan GRANT (1885-1978) | Interior |
1973 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 463 | John PIPER (1903-1992) | Annunciation of The Shepherds (1973) |
1973 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 27 | Peter LANYON (1918-1964) | Levant Mine Ruins |
2010 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 475.76 |
| 554 | Peter BLAKE (1932) | P is for Pachyderm (1991) |
1991 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 475.76 |
| 528 | Hall THORPE (1874-1947) | Nasturtiums |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 438.20 |
| 367 | Kurt JACKSON (1961) | 6 pm Cape Slip (2017) |
2017 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 350.56 |
| 536 | Julian OPIE (1958) | Ruth Smoking 4, 2005 |
2005 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 350.56 |
| 544 | Martin Erich PHILIPP (1887-1978) | 'Pfefferfresser' (Toucans) |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 350.56 |
| 546 | Barbara RAE (1943) | Skyness |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 350.56 |
| 580 | Barbara Rae (1943) | Orgiva |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 350.56 |
| 127 | Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) | Untitled |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 313.00 |
| 144 | Robert ADAMS (1917-1984) | Screen Form |
1973 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 250.40 |
| 366 | Michael ROTHENSTEIN (1908-1993) | Sunrise at 36,000 Feet (1973) |
1973 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 250.40 |
| 576 | Martin Erich Philipp (1887-1978) | Angel Fish |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 225.36 |
| 228 | John WELLS (1907-2000) | Dancer |
1950 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 212.84 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
