Lay's Auctioneers: Cornish Art, Fine Art and Studio Pottery, 112725, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 27, 2025 - November 28, 2025
Page Size: 30 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9 Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)

The Dark Monarch: A Portrait from Within, 1962

 1962 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 175.28
104 Julian TREVELYAN (1910-1988)

Indigo Days

 1957 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 75.12
389 R.J. Lloyd Simon Olding

The Art of R.J. Lloyd Simon Olding

 2011 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 187.80
570 Alexander STUART-HILL (1889-1948)

You Can Be Sure of Shell, Mousehole Penzance (1932)

 1932 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
715 Oscar DROEGE (1898-1982/83)

Oaks

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 275.44
735 Michael ROTHENSTEIN (1908-1993)

Turkey and Farmyard (1954)

 1954 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 225.36
742 Oscar DROEGE (1898-1982/83)

Spring in the Tyrol

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 162.76
747 Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917)

Untitled - Dancer

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 225.36
750 Graham Vivian SUTHERLAND (1903-1980)

La Petite Afrique (1953)

 1953 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 375.60
767 Blair HUGHES-STANTON (1902-1981)

Midsummer Night (1958)

 1958 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 275.44
770 Reg BUTLER (1913-1981)

Figure & Newspaper

 55 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 37.56
771 Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917)

Untitled from 'The Dance'

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 175.28
773 Julian TREVELYAN (1910-1988)

Cretan Witches Fighting

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 87.64
777 Hall THORPE (1874-1947)

Forget-Me-Not

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 375.60
789 Hall THORPE (1874-1947)

Cowslips

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 375.60
795 Edgar HOLLOWAY (1914-2008)

Chrysanthemums

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 100.16
799

St Ives Interest Six Publications

 1985 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 12.52
800

Troika Ceramics of Cornwall George Perrott

 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
801

Bryan Pearce Eight Publications, Four Signed

 2000 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 125.20
802 Bryan PEARCE (1929-2006)

A limited-edition box set containing the book 'Bryan Pearce and his artist

 2004 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 187.80
803 Alfred Wallis & Fred Yates

Alfred Wallis & Fred Yates Interest

 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 56.34
804 Sandra Blow, Roger Hilton and Tony O'Malley

Sandra Blow, Roger Hilton and Tony O'Malley Five Publications

 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 187.80
805

Troika: 63-83 Ben Harris and Lawrence Illsley

 2012 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 225.36
806 Terry Frost

Terry Frost Eight Publications

 2000 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 125.20
807 Andrew LANYON (1947)

'Saint Ives: The Paintings of Peter Lanyon'

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 175.28
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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