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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The Contents of a Gentleman's Town house
- Auction Date
- 01/29/2026 - 01/29/2026
- Sale Number
- #12926
- Total Lots
- 88
- Sold Lots
- 88.0
- Lots Sold
- 100.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 21,584.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 7,635.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 12,975.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 7,635.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 12,975.00
- 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 | |
| 202 | William Borlase | (Cornwall) William Borlase Two works |
1758 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 813.80 |
| 164 | John Troutbeck | A Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands: |
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 | |
| 221 | Iris Murdoch Eighteen works |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 563.40 | ||
| 173 | (William Penaluna Publisher) | An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall |
1838 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 563.40 |
| 213 | (Penzance) Plan for the Borough of Penzance 1841 |
[c.1841] | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 525.84 | |
| 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 |
| 170 | William Borlase | Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly..... |
GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 500.80 | |
| 5 | Elizabeth FORBES (1859-1912) | An Old Lady of Pont Aven (1882) |
1882 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | 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 |
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