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Clars Auction Gallery: August Auction & Estate of Dianne Feinstein

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Auction Name August Auction & Estate of Dianne Feinstein Total Sales (USD) 68,742.25
Auction Date August 15, 2025 - August 15, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 37,600.00
Sale Number #81525 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 58,500.00
Total Lots 85
Sold Lots 66 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 42,650.00
% of Lots Sold 77.65% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 66,700.00
Unsold Lots 19 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 103.06%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4386 American School (19th century),

Sutro Baths of San Francisco, 1896,

1896 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,515.00
4412 (lot of 6) Liu Zheng (Chinese, b. 1969)

Peking Opera Series

1997-99, printed 2006 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,912.50
4388 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

Winter and Summer

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,585.00
4382 Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988)

Martin Luther King Jr.- Mountain Top

1968 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,358.00
4384 Eyvind Erle (American 1916-2000)

Enchanted Coast

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,358.00
4420 Herman Leonard (American, 1923-2010)

Lester "Prez" Young, NYC 1948

1948 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,227.00
4407 Freidensreich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000)

The Houses are Hanging Underneath the Meadows

1971 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,965.00
4397 Paul Jacoulet (French, 1902-1960)

La Peche Miraculeuse, Iza Japon

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,834.00
4375 Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018)

A.C Annie

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,703.00
4370 Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998)

Crab Fisherman

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,572.00
4390 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

Hell Canto 28" from "The Divine Comedy,

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,441.00
4372 Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998)

Watertower, Mendocino

1968 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,310.00
4408 Freidensreich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000)

Columbus Rainy Day in India

1971 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,310.00
4381 John Nieto (American, 1936-2018)

Taos Buffalo

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,179.00
4417 Roman Loranc (Polish, b. 1956)

Absolution

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,179.00
4356 Maximino Javier (Mexican, b. 1948)

Circo Rodante

1983 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,113.50
4416 Roman Loranc (Polish, b. 1956)

Bixby Bridge

2012 (printed 2016) USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,113.50
4421 R.J. Waters and Co. (American publisher, 20th century)

The Ruins of San Francisco, 1906

1906 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,113.50
4374 Mark Adams (American, 1925-2006)

California Poppies

1981 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,048.00
4403 Okiie Hashimoto (Japanese, 1899-1993)

Bamboo Grove

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,048.00
4357 Maximino Javier (Mexican, b. 1948)

Tio Viva

1983 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 982.50
4361 Gunther Gerzso (Mexican, 1915-2000)

Mura Blanco

1988 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 982.50
4406 Freidensreich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000)

Irinaland Over the Belcans

1971 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 982.50
4359 Alfredo Castaneda (Mexican, 1938-2010)

Nosotros, La Mitad de Nosotros

1990 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 917.00
4273 (lot of 5) Attributed to Roger Tory Peterson (American, 1908-1996)

Cedar Waxwing

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 786.00
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000