Lay's Auctioneers: The Contents of a Gentleman's Town house
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Contents of a Gentleman's Town house | Total Sales (GBP) | 21,584.48 |
| Auction Date | January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 7,635.00 |
| Sale Number | #12926 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 12,975.00 |
| Total Lots | 88 | ||
| Sold Lots | 88.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 7,635.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 12,975.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 166.35% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | Richard Carew | The Survey of Cornwall |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,189.40 | |
| 12 | Henry Scott TUKE (1858-1929) | La Belle Dame sans Merci (1899) |
1899 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,026.64 |
| 316 | An original Railway Poster 1950s |
1950s | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 976.56 | |
| 229 | Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes | King Arthur's Wood: A Fairy Story |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 901.44 | |
| 164 | John Troutbeck | A Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands: |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 813.80 | |
| 202 | William Borlase | (Cornwall) William Borlase Two works |
1758 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 813.80 |
| 4 | Elizabeth FORBES (1859-1912) | Boy with Stick |
GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 726.16 | |
| 6 | Thomas Cooper GOTCH (1854-1931) | Parasol Pines |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 600.96 | |
| 173 | (William Penaluna Publisher) | An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall |
1838 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 563.40 |
| 221 | Iris Murdoch Eighteen works |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 563.40 | ||
| 213 | (Penzance) Plan for the Borough of Penzance 1841 |
[c.1841] | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 525.84 | |
| 5 | Elizabeth FORBES (1859-1912) | An Old Lady of Pont Aven (1882) |
1882 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 170 | William Borlase | Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly..... |
GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 500.80 | |
| 204 | Edward Gibbon | (Armorial Binding) The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire |
1791 - 1797 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 500.80 |
| 288 | CHRISTO (1935-2020) | The Pont Neuf Wrapped - Project For Paris 1984 (1985) |
1984 (1985) | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 475.76 |
| 231 | (Art and Cornwall) A large collection of works |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 400.64 | ||
| 181 | Richard Carew The Survey of Cornwall |
1769 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 375.60 | |
| 198 | R. Polwhele | (Cornwall) The History of Cornwall |
1803, 1816 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 209 | Henry T. De La Beche | Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset |
1839 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 212 | Ithell Colquhoun | The Living Stones. Cornwall |
1957 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 350.56 |
| 167 | [John Ayrton Paris] A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End |
1824 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 275.44 | |
| 178 | (Cornwall) Fifteen Works |
1875 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 275.44 | |
| 183 | (William Penaluna Publisher) Fortescue Hitchins and Samuel Drew | The History of Cornwall |
1824 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 275.44 |
| 206 | George Woodley | A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands |
1822 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 275.44 |
| 225 | (Ornament, Interior Design, Arts and Crafts) A large collection of works |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 275.44 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
