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Lay's Auctioneers: The Timed Art Sale - Including the Exceptional Ornithological Paintings of Valentine Paton

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Auction Name The Timed Art Sale - Including the Exceptional Ornithological Paintings of Valentine Paton Total Sales (GBP) 2,441.40
Auction Date November 16, 2025 - November 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,510.00
Sale Number #9454 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,760.00
Total Lots 46
Sold Lots 32.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,260.00
% of Lots Sold 69.57% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,140.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 58.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100 Vladimir Griegorov TRETCHIKOFF (1913-2006)

Lady of Ndebele

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 488.28
53 Quentin BLAKE (1932)

U is for Umbrella to keep off the rain

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 212.84
151 Sheila OLINER (1920-2020)

Nude with Potted Plants - Three Editions

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 162.76
74 After Quentin BLAKE (1932)

Matilda - Am I A Phenomenon?

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 150.24
252

A Trio of Horses

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 112.68
133 Sir Grayson Perry CBE, RA (1960)

Lockdown

1950 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 87.64
141 Conor FALLON (1939-2007)

Figure Study (c.1973)

c.1973 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 87.64
13 Graham CLARKE (1941)

Mullion Cove

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 81.38
44 Donald WILKINSON (1937)

Spring Window & Summer Window

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 81.38
251 Frank MOORE (1876 - ?)

Wind Torn Tree

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 81.38
154 Betty NANKERVIS (XX)

Zennor Churchtown

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 81.38
79 Douglas HOFMANN (1945)

Interlude

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 81.38
20a Mel Gooding Terry Frost

Mel Gooding Terry Frost: Act & Image - Works on paper through six decades

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 75.12
165 Martin YELLAND (1983)

Porthmeor

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 68.86
288 Joan SOMERVILLE (1961)

Hanky Panky

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 62.60
242 Elma PRATT (1888-1977)

Three Works from Mexico in Colour

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 50.08
231 Valerie THORNTON (1931-1991)

Norfolk Farm

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 50.08
40a

Three Publications

1997; 1996; 2010. GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 50.08
80a Terry Frost

Terry Frost Four Publications

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 50.08
134 Alfred Edward WARNER (1879-1968)

Stock Route

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 50.08
100A

Porthmeor Printmakers Six Etchings

1994 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 37.56
194 Edward Bouverie HOYTON (1900-1988)

Two Etchings - Packet Ships Heading for Falmouth

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 37.56
230 Gordon E. MILES (1947)

Ocean Harvester

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 31.30
265

Ruby And The Accordian Player

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 31.30
71 Elizabeth HUNTER (1935)

Six Etchings

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 25.04
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