Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Ayr - Home Furnishing and Interiors Auction to include Antiques and Modern Furniture. A Large Selection of Ceramics, Glass and Decorative Ware, Assorted Pocket and Wrist Watches, Jewellery, 61826, Ayr

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026
Page Size: 41 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
264 Brown John

The Self Interpreting Family Bible; The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

circa late 18th century GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 111.60
265 Eadie John

Family Holy Bible

circa early 19th century GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 43.40
268

Charlton Heston autographed theater poster

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 27.28
276 Milme A.; Browning Robert; Dennis John; Shaw Byam

N Books, including: Winnie the Pooh

1953; 1951; 1903 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 18.60
325 Buchan John; Doyle Arthur Conan

Collection of John Buchan and Arthur Conan Doyle vintage books

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
327

Vintage photograph album; Saint-Imier Collection

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 186.00
347

N Books, including: Dennis The Menace

1966 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 9.92
353 Christie Agatha; Grigson Jane; Dickens Charles

N Books, including: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 74.40
356

Assorted leather bound antiquarian books

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 14.88
358

Collection golf Ryder Cup programmes, reference books, magazines

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 27.28
360 Da Vinci Leonardo

N Books, including: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 148.80
361

Assorted Scottish rugby union home and away programs

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 12.40
368 Barrie J.M.; Burns; Dickens Charles

N Books, including: Peter Pan in Kennsington Gardens

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 93.00
382A Bishop Rob

Mick Jagger

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
383A Bishop Rob

The Stones

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 272.80
384A Bishop Rob

Keith Richards

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
386A Bishop Rob

Jimi Hendrix

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
389

Two gilt framed portrait photographs

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 24.80
393 Smith Tony

Johnny Wins British Grand Prix

N/A GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 18.60
399 Webster T.

School Playground

N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.40
402

Brig O' Doon vintage British Railway poster

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 161.20
411 Topolski Feliks

Spirit of Geneva

N/A GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
417 Edison Thomas

Thomas Edison, autographed check display

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 111.60
420 Smith J. Stewart

Pair of Edinburgh scenes

N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 117.80
421 Patullo Lin (1949-)

Two limited edition prints

N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 27.28
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000