Clars Auction Gallery: The Warehouse Auction, 22126, Oakland

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 21, 2026 - February 21, 2026
Page Size: 136 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6057

A Court Order in Surrogates Court related to the estate of Billie Holiday, dated May 4, 1961.

1961 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
6058

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

1921 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
6059

Two photos of jazz artist Lester Young, framed

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 65.50
6060

A fourteen piece Duke Ellington collection,

USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
6060A Roy DeCarava, Langston Hughes,

The Sweet Flypaper of Life', First Edition, Simon Schuster publisher,1955

1955 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 65.50
6063

A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to a fan at the Taft School in Watertown, CT., 1938.

1938 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,310.00
6063A

A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to her last husband, Louie Mackay. Signed Lady on Hotel Wilson letterhead. 1957.

1957 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,965.00
6064

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 USD 327.50
6065

A large group of over 5000 baseball, basketball, and hockey cards,

USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
6086

Two pairs of framed Victorian pictures, the first pair of reverse paintings with foil of Parliament and the Royal Exchange

USD 75.00 - 125.00 USD 39.30
6087

A set of four vintage music sheets,

USD 75.00 - 125.00 USD 98.25
6097

A group of vintage MAD magazines with others,

USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 98.25
6123

A group of mainly large-format hardcover art books,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 360.25
6124

Five exhibition catalogs for Steintz, Paris, 2010, 2012, (2) 2014, and 2016, each

Paris, 2010, 2012, (2) 2014, and 2016 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 229.25
6125

Sixteen books on Japanese and Chinese photography fashion illustration and calligraphy,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 131.00
6125A

Thirty-two art books on ancient to contemporary art, comprising books on John Constable, Auguste Rodin, Domenico Tiepolo, the Chicano Art Movement,...

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 131.00
6126

Twenty-six art books on design, photography, 19th Century to contemporary art,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 131.00
6127

Forty-eight volumes of late 19th Century leather bound books,

late 19th Century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 131.00
6128

Honore DeBalzac, Thirty volumes of 'The Comedie Humaine'. Publisher, NY Anthenaeum Society, Robert Bros.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 196.50
6128A

Herbert Howe Bancroft, sixteen volumes of 'Bancrofts Works',

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 294.75
6129

Sixty five volumes of History, Philosophy and Playwrights, including Vasaris' The Lives of the Most Eminent Painters; ...

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 360.25
6130

Fifty-one volumes of Art, Photography and Illustration books,

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 393.00
6386 After H.F. Farny (American/French, 1847-1916)

Illustrations of Native Americans, lithographs,

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
6386A After H.F. Farny (American/French, 1847-1916)

Illustrations of Native Americans, lithographs,

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
6386B After H.F. Farny (American/French, 1847-1916)

Illustrations of Native Americans, lithographs,

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Chiswick Auctions
    Books & Works on Paper
    12th March 2026
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.