Clars Auction Gallery: April Gallery Auction, 41726, Oakland
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 17, 2026 - April 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 364 | Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998), | View of Mendocino, |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 851.50 | |
| 365 | Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998), | Water Tower, Mendocino, |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 556.75 | |
| 366 | Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998), | Town on Highway One, |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 851.50 | |
| 367 | Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998), | Australian Bark Drawings, |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 131.00 | |
| 368 | Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998), | Front Street, 5AM, |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 655.00 | |
| 369 | Byron Randall (American, 1918-1999), | Schooner and Doryman, |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 163.75 | |
| 370 | Elizabeth Norton (American, 1887-1985), | (lot of 11) Little Gray Cat, |
1925 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 262.00 | |
| 371 | Elizabeth Norton (American, 1887-1985), | (lot of 2) Pair of Lions and Lion Cub |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 360.25 | |
| 372 | Elizabeth Norton (American, 1887-1985), | (lot of 3) Dinah and Her Family, Nip and Tuck, and Black Cat, |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 393.00 | |
| 373 | Elizabeth Norton (American, 1887-1985), | (lot of 2) Lioness and Leopard |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 360.25 | |
| 374 | (lot of 2) | (lot of 2), Orange County Nudes #11 and #13, |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 425.75 | |
| 375 | William T. Wiley (American, 1937-2021), | Deneb, |
1996 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 376 | Frank Lobdell (American, 1921-2013), | 1.12.87, |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 327.50 | |
| 377 | Walter Bohl (American, 1907-1990), | Sugar, |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 556.75 | |
| 378 | Frederick Stuart Church (American, 1842-1924), | An Idyl, |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 196.50 | |
| 379 | John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), | (lot of 10) White Murganser Smee White Nun, |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 380 | Louis Akin (American, 1868-1913), | El Tovar, Grand Canyon, chromolithograph, signed in plate lower left, sight: 16.5 |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 381 | Sydney Mortimer Laurence (American, 1865-1940), | Mt. McKinley, |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 382 | Sally Haley (American, 1908-2007), | Untitled (Still Life with Lemons), |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 196.50 | |
| 383 | Sidney Hurwitz (American, b. 1932), | Sheath Up, |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 262.00 | |
| 384 | Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976), | Flying Color |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 393.00 | |
| 385 | Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990), | Club DV8 San Francisco Keith Haring Room Opening with Sylvester and John Sex Poster, 1986 |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 917.00 | |
| 386 | Jack Brusca (American, 1939-1993), | The Beach, 1979, screenprint |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 387 | Brian Halsey (American, b. 1942), | Archon, Alpha, and Monad, |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 388 | Marko Spalatin (American/Croatian, b. 1945), | Untitled, screenprint |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.