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Chorley's: Modern Art & Design | The Laskett
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern Art & Design | The Laskett | Total Sales (GBP) | 35,828.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 02, 2026 - June 02, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 18,130.00 |
| Sale Number | #60226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 26,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 77 | ||
| Sold Lots | 59.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 29,660.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 76.62% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 44,070.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 18 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 81.30% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 248 | Hockney David (1937) | Still Life |
1969 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,500.00 |
| 247 | Hockney David (1937) | Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair |
1969 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,600.00 |
| 249 | Hockney David (1937) | Cold Water about to hit the Prince |
N/A | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,600.00 |
| 270 | Crane Walter; Mazialis Theo | 2 Books, including: The Claims of Decorative Art |
1892; 1883 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,340.00 |
| 222 | Lowry Laurence Stephen (1887-1976) | Bloomsbury Square |
N/A | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,210.00 |
| 272 | Thackeray William Makepeace | The History of Henry Esmond |
1897 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,210.00 |
| 121 | Myatt John (born 1945) | The Coast Beyond Trouville |
N/A | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,300.00 |
| 269 | Shakespeare William | The Tragedy of Coriolanus |
1914 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,105.00 |
| 127 | Myatt John (born 1945) | Camille and Jean Monet in a Poppy Field |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,040.00 |
| 128 | Myatt John (born 1945) | Giverny Reflections II |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,040.00 |
| 81 | Tunnicliffe Charles Frederick (1901-1979) | Goshawk |
N/A | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 975.00 |
| 255 | Moore Henry Spencer (1898-1986) | Upright Forms |
N/A | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 936.00 |
| 251 | Aga Khan Hussain (1974) | Sea Slugs |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 780.00 |
| 242 | Austen Winifred Marie Louise (1876-1964) | Warbler; Long-Tailed Tits; Swallow; Fly Catchers |
N/A | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 715.00 |
| 86 | Tunnicliffe Charles Frederick (1901-1979) | Tinkers Near Salisbury, 1925 |
1925 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 624.00 |
| 244 | Tanner Robin (1904-1988) | December, Elegy for the English Elm |
1979 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 520.00 |
| 80 | Pearce Bryan (1929-2006) | Harbourview |
76 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 494.00 |
| 132 | Myatt John (born 1945) | Camille and Jean Monet in a Poppy Field |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 494.00 |
| 246 | Griggs Frederick Landseer Maur (1876-1938) | The Maypole Inn |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 494.00 |
| 217 | Sandford Lettice (1902-1993) | Sappho |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 416.00 |
| 221 | Nash John N (1893-1977) | Cows; Horses Grazing; Dog Scratching |
1920 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 416.00 |
| 245 | Tanner Robin (1904-1988) | Flowers of May |
1972 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 416.00 |
| 88 | Tunnicliffe Charles Frederick (1901-1979) | The Constitutional |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 390.00 |
| 83 | Tunnicliffe Charles Frederick (1901-1979) | Black Angus |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 120.00 | GBP 364.00 |
| 239 | Baj Enrico (1924-2003) | Folle |
1981 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 325.00 |
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14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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July 16, 2026Forum, 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-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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