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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) | 30,786.68 |
| Auction Date | September 11, 2025 - September 12, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 24,430.00 |
| Sale Number | #91125 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 40,540.00 |
| Total Lots | 148 | ||
| Sold Lots | 120.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 34,090.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.08% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 55,110.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 28 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 55.86% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sandra BLOW (1925-2006) | Blue Square Collage |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,253.60 | |
| 82 | Patrick HERON (1920-1999) | Two Pink Discs in Dark Reds (1970) |
1970 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,128.40 |
| 447 | Laurence Stephen LOWRY (1887-1976) | Burford Church, 1948 |
1948 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,815.40 |
| 486 | Jim DINE (1935) | Key West Print (1981) |
1981 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,252.00 |
| 474 | Ansel Easton ADAMS (1902-1984) | Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox |
GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,126.80 | |
| 476 | Rosemarie TROCKEL (1952) | Life (Gold) |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,126.80 | |
| 343 | Sandra BLOW (1925-2006) | Chelsea |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 651.04 | |
| 371 | Terry FROST (1915-2003) | Orchard Tambourine |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 563.40 | |
| 206 | John WELLS (1907-2000) | Topsail (1950) |
1950 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 525.84 |
| 286 | Gill WATKISS (1938-2024) | Tregarthan Farm (1979) |
1979 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 525.84 |
| 20 | Kurt JACKSON (1961) | RNLI Lifeboat Off Scilly, 2023 |
2023 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 208 | Bryan PEARCE (1929-2006) | Two Boats (1995) |
1995 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 620 | Sandra Blow (1925-2006) | Allegro |
2005 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 475.76 |
| 61 | Gill WATKISS (1938-2024) | Winter, Bodmin Moor (1998) |
1998 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 438.20 |
| 141 | Bob LAW (1934-2004) | Double Kisses |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 438.20 | |
| 218 | Bryan INGHAM (1936-1997) | Gunwalloe (1968) |
1968 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 438.20 |
| 382 | Gill WATKISS (1938-2024) | St Just Celebration (2007) |
2007 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 438.20 |
| 231 | Bryan INGHAM (1936-1997) | A collection of ten loose drawings and plans |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 400.64 | |
| 290 | Terry FROST (1915-2003) | Orchard Tambourine |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 400.64 | |
| 27 | John PIPER (1903-1992) | Annunciation of the Shepherds |
GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | GBP 394.38 | |
| 204 | Bryan INGHAM (1936-1997) | Kynance Suite - Jollytown (1968) |
1968 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 207 | Bryan INGHAM (1936-1997) | Kynance Suite - Jollytown (1968) |
1968 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 210 | Bryan INGHAM (1936-1997) | Kynance Suite - Grochall (1968) |
1968 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 214 | Bryan INGHAM (1936-1997) | Plough |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 350.56 | |
| 217 | Bryan INGHAM (1936-1997) | Jollytown |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 350.56 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
