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
4039 Henry Miller

A Henry Miller signed postcard to Campiglios Art Gallery in Monterey, CA.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 26.20
4040

A nine piece Count Basie collection comprising photos, marketing material and albums,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 458.50
4041

An original Festival Presentations typed list of expenses for the Music of Night People Jazz concert, featuring Billie Holiday, Barbara Lee and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
4042 Samuel Stiefel

A signed letter from Samuel Stiefel to jazz artist Bennie Moten, dated June 20, 1921.

1921 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
4043

A seventeen piece collection of Louis Armstrong photos, programs and albums, comprising (1) The Birth of the Blues - Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, Symphony Hall, April 18, 1947 program;

1947 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 294.75
4044

A collection of jazz flyers comprising Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck, Josephine Baker, Thelonious Monk and his Orchestra, ...

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,965.00
4045

Three Cotton Club programs/menus for the Cotton Club Parade, featuring Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters and others.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 425.75
4046

A fourteen piece Duke Ellington collection comprising (1) Duke Ellington program from Carnegie Hall. November 13, 1948; ...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
4048

A collection of forty-five restaurant and club menus and souvenirs from the 1940's,

1940's USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 458.50
4049

A collection of early photos, many marked as being extended family members of Count Basie.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 393.00
4050

An original Paramount Presents 'St. Louis Blues film poster, starring Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald,, Mahalia Jackson with Ruby Dee and Juana Hernandez

1958 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 98.25
4051

Three binders of jazz ephemera, comprising signed press photos such as Guy Lombardo, Hazel Scott, Leroy Jones, Tony Bennett; ...

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,113.50
4052

A collection of books on jazz, with auction catalogs related to sports memorabilia and CD's [approx. 50 total]

USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
4053

Approximately two hundred copies of Downbeat Magazine, late 1930's - 50's.

1930's - 50's. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 262.00
4054

A collection of jazz ephemera comprising programs for the Philadelphia Music Festival;...

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 163.75
4055

A group of jazz ephemera comprising publications such as Jazz Reports, Jazz Quarterly, The Record Changer, Jazz Monthly, Jazz Music, with Decca Records flyers; ...

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 327.50
4056

A collection of jazz ephemera comprising Metronome magazine; Jazz Americana, Platter Chatter, Jazz Journal, Pick-up, Good Diggin, Birdland Stars,...

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 327.50
4057

A collection of approximately fifty jazz albums and sets including Eddy Duchin, Less Brown, Harry James, Glen Gray, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Carle, Gene Krupa,...

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
4058

A collection of approx seventy five jazz albums comprising a signed Paul Quinchette Sequel, Zoots Sims, Charlie Parker, Cab Colloway, ...

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
4059

A collection of approximately fifty jazz albums, comprising Charles Mingus, Judy Garland, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Ray Charles and others

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
4060

A collection of approximately fifty jazz albums comprising Benny Goodman, Lester Young and Count Basie, Ray Charles, Nancy Wilson, Frank Sinatra, with Giants of Jazz compilations.

albums USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
4225 Roy De Forest (American, 1930-2007)

Birdland

1994, USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,179.00
4226 James Rosenquist (American, 1933-2017)

Spokes

1977 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 524.00
4227 Max Hayslette (Amercan, 1929-2024),

Untitled,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 262.00
4228 Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000)

The Wave

1990, USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 786.00
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