Clars Auction Gallery: The Warehouse Auction, 41826, Oakland
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 18, 2026 - April 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2294 | A collection of eighteen pieces of Norwegian family ephemera relating to the Daee family |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 196.50 | ||
| 2295 | A group of seven furniture and literary volumes, the first group of (5) volumes of 'The Quarterly Review' |
1868-1871 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 39.30 | ||
| 2296 | A collection of books |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 300.00 | USD 65.50 | ||
| 2297 | A collection of art and architecture books |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 294.75 | ||
| 2298 | Five volumes of art and astronomy books comprising (1) The Complete Paintings of Gustav Klimt; (1) The Complete Works of Pieter Bruegel; (2) The Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies; (1) The Living Wild [5 total] |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 2412 | Anonymous (19th century) | Emma Anderson Sullivan |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 39.30 | |
| 2412A | Anonymous (19th century) | Portrait of Pioneer Children (1875) |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 26.20 | |
| 2417 | Anonymous (19th century) | Portrait of M. J. Balfe |
N/A | USD 20.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2423 | Anonymous (19th century) | Portrait of E. H. Dyer |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2429 | After Charles Ansell (British, 1752-1790)/Peltro William Tomkins (British, 1759-1840) | The English Dressing Room |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2432 | J. H. McKinley, | Portrait of the Arctic Explorer@Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1922 |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 458.50 | |
| 2480 | Francisco Corzas (Mexican, 1936-1983) | Artist's Model |
1969 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 65.50 | |
| 2484 | Larry Thomas (American, b. 1943) | Temple Light |
1988 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2485 | Larry Thomas (American, b. 1943) | Temple Light |
1988 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2486 | Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. 1928) | Untitled |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 163.75 | |
| 2487 | Jerry Carniglia (American, 1946-2015) | Untitled (#225/014s) |
2008 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 98.25 | |
| 2488 | Bernard Buffet (French, 1928-1999) | Woman with a Hat |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 229.25 | |
| 2489 | Robert Cremean (American, b. 1932) | Untitled |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2490 | Givenchy (Publisher, 20th century) | Fashion Sketch |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2491 | After Montague Dawson (British, 1890-1973) | Ships |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2492 | Currier and Ives (Publisher, 20th century) | The City of San Francisco |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 52.40 | |
| 2493 | Brenda Schwartz-Yeager (American, 20th/21st century) | Five Finger Light Station |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2494 | Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950) | Untitled (Lady on Black Sofa) |
1937 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2495 | (lot of 2) Andi Rivas (Spanish, b. 1975) | UK People and "House of Come-Ons," 2019 |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2496 | After Francis Hayman (British, 1708-1776) | Adam and Eve from Milton's "Paradise Lost," |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 65.50 |
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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.