Clars Auction Gallery: November Gallery Auction, 112125, Oakland

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025
Page Size: 173 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4000

Two copies of jazz critic Leonard Feathers 'The Encyclopedia of Jazz', one inscribed to Fred Williamson,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
4002 Lester Young

A six piece collection of jazz artist Lester Young memorabilia,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 622.25
4003

Two '400 Restaurant', NYC menus, featuring performers Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa, both signed

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 163.75
4004

A Fats Waller Flyer for his August 1942 Brant Inn, Ontario performances, accompanied by a Fats Waller signed I Owe You,

1936 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 294.75
4006

A Collection of Billie Holiday original orchestral arrangement sheets for 'Lover Man', 'A Love Affair', 'Please Come Home', 'Sleepy Time Down South', ...

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 5,567.50
4007 Billie Holiday

A Billie Holiday inscribed and signed first edition of 'Lady Sings the Blues', Billie Holiday with William Duffy,

1956 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,275.00
4008

A Court Order in Surrogates Court related to the estate of Billie Holiday,

1936 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
4009 Billie Holiday

A Billie Holiday signed contract for performing at the Loop Lounge in Cleveland, Ohio in April of 1956.

1956 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 393.00
4010 Billie Holidays personal assistant, Alice Vrbsky,

A collection of original handwritten journals and notes of Billie Holidays personal assistant, Alice Vrbsky, towards the end of Billie Holidays life.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,620.00
4011 Billie Holiday

A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to a fan at the Taft School in Watertown, CT.

1938 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,912.50
4012 Billie Holiday

A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to her last husband, Louie Mackay, signed Lady on Hotel Wilson letterhead.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,930.00
4013 Clef Records and Ella Fitzgerald

A seven-page agreement between Clef Records and Ella Fitzgerald, signed by both parties in November of 1955,

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
4014

Six pages of documents related to the Billie Holiday/Dave Brubeck concert at the Sheridan Theatre, NYC on June 21st,1958.

1958 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 327.50
4016 Charlie Christian

A rare handwritten Charlie Christian one-page sheet music for 'Prisoner of Love' and 'Tea', dating to the mid-late 1930's.

mid-late 1930's. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,965.00
4017

A collection of twelve Western Union/Postal Telegraphs related to jazz artist Bennie Moten performances, in various parts of the country

1930-1935. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 131.00
4018

A jazz-era Miles Davis at Club Diamond, Memphis, TN, June 7, 1959 poster.

1959 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 458.50
4019

A Lester Young jazz era concert poster, Mid-Winter Dance, Junior Paradise Girls at the Terrance Ballroom, January 27, 1951.

1951 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
4020

A 'Billie Holiday Sings in Greenwich Village', NY large handbill.

1957 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 458.50
4021

A Norman Granz Jazz at the Philharmonic April 14, 1957 concert in Amsterdam poster.

1957 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 458.50
4022

A silver gelatin photo of Billie Holliday with Art Tatum, Oscar Pettiford and Sid Catlett, circa 1945, Washington, DC.

circa 1945, USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 556.75
4023

A silver gelatin photo of Billie Holiday, Lester Young and others

1940's. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 786.00
4024

Two photos of jazz artist Lester Young, framed.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 425.75
4025

A silver gelatin photo depicting Dizzy Gillespie, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn, Lorraine Gillespie and Billy Eckstine

1940's USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 589.50
4030

A contract for Dizzy Gillespie and Band to perform at Carnegie Hall, NYC on November 29th, 1957 for the sum of $1,500.

1957 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
4031

Two contracts to perform, jazz artists Tommy Tucker at the Hershey Park Ballroom, June 11, 1954,

c.1954 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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