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Clars Auction Gallery: The Warehouse Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name	The Warehouse Auction	Total Sales (USD)	29,180.25
Auction Date	February 21, 2026 - February 21, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	23,975.00
Sale Number	#22126	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	38,195.00
Total Lots	136
Sold Lots	97.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	29,825.00
% of Lots Sold	71.32%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	48,695.00
Unsold Lots	39	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	59.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
6922	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)	Yaoya Oshichi climbing the fire watchtower to look at her burning house. Woodblock print, diptych	1888	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 2,489.00
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
6907	Kawase Hasui	Snow at Yagumo Bridge. Woodblock print, 1934, with the Watanab publisher's mark	1934	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,572.00
6910	Kawase Hasui	Full Moon at Magome. Two woodblock prints, 1930, posthumous editions	1930	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,572.00
6927	Toshi Yoshida	The Flowers and Birds of the Oriental Year. A set of twelve woodblock prints, commissioned by the Franklin Mint	the early 1980s	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,572.00
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
6913	Hiroshi Yoshida	Market in Mukden. Woodblock print, 1937	1937	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,310.00
6909	Kawase Hasui	Lake Matsubara, Shinsu. Woodblock print, 1941, with the Watanabe 6mm publisher's mark	1941	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,113.50
6908	Kawase Hasui	Lakeside Shower, Matsue. Woodblock print, 1932, with the Watanabe red 7mm publisher's mark	1932	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,048.00
6912	Hiroshi Yoshida	Sarusawa Pond. Woodblock print, 1933	1933	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 982.50
6906	Kawase Hasui	Chuzenji at Utagahama Beach. Woodblock print, 1931, with the Watanabe 6mm publisher's mark	1931	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 851.50
6466	Ron Davis (American, 1937-2025)	Arc Arch,	1979	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 589.50
6915	Toshi Yoshida	Hyoroku at Night. Woodblock print, 1985, Yoshida Family Studio, later posthumous edition	1985	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 524.00
6918	Toshi Yoshida	Friendly Garden. Two woodblock prints, 1980, consisting Bamboo and Plum Tree	1980	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 524.00
6905	Kawase Hasui	Evening at Itako. Woodblock print, 1930, post-war impression, originally published by Sakai and Kawaguchi	1930, post-war impression, originally published by Sakai and Kawaguchi	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 491.25
6916	Toshi Yoshida	Heirinji Temple Bell. Woodblock Print, 1951	1951	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 491.25
6904	Kawase Hasui	Evening at Itako. Woodblock print, 1930, post-war impression, originally published by Sakai and Kawaguchi	1930, post-war impression, originally published by Sakai and Kawaguchi	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 458.50
6914	Hiroshi Yoshida	Tomonoura Harbor. Woodblock print, 1930, posthumous edition	1930	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 458.50
6130		Fifty-one volumes of Art, Photography and Illustration books,		USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 393.00
6123		A group of mainly large-format hardcover art books,		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 360.25
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
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
6456	Tom Speer (American/Duwamish, 20th century)	Wolf Mother with Pup,	1977	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 327.50
6911	Hiroshi Yoshida	Misty Day in Nikko. Woodblock print, 1937, posthumous edition	1937	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 327.50
6128A		Herbert Howe Bancroft, sixteen volumes of 'Bancrofts Works',		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 294.75

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.