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Clars Auction Gallery: April Gallery Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | April Gallery Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 29,704.25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 17, 2026 - April 17, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 28,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #41726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 43,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 71 | ||
| Sold Lots | 48.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 41,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.61% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 64,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 46.05% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), | Charrette foraine conduite par un petit animal, avec nu et amour dans le ciel, |
1968 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,257.50 |
| 429 | Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984), | Half Dome, Merced River, Winter Yosemite National Park, California, |
N/A | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,965.00 |
| 430 | Clyde Butcher (American, b. 1941), | Seven Cabbage Cut #2, |
1999 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,703.00 |
| 392 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), | Avanzi Del Tempio del Dio Canopo nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli (from Vedute di Roma), |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,441.00 |
| 645 | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) - | Tsutanuma no asa (Morning at Tsuta Marsh). Woodblock print, dated 1933, titled, signed and sealed, published by Watanabe with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal (1929-1942), matted, 15.5 |
N/A | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,441.00 |
| 411 | David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican, 1896-1974), | The Mask, |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,048.00 |
| 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 |
| 431 | Slim Aarons (American 1916-2006), | Pool at Lake Tahoe, 1959, |
1959 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 917.00 |
| 364 | Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998), | View of Mendocino, |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 851.50 |
| 366 | Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998), | Town on Highway One, |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 851.50 |
| 425 | Anne W. Brigman (American, 1869-1950), | Untitled (Possibly Isadora Duncan), 1915 |
1915 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 720.50 |
| 368 | Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998), | Front Street, 5AM, |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 655.00 |
| 408 | Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, 1936-2026), | Untitled, digital pigment print |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 655.00 |
| 391 | (lot of 4) American School (20th century), | Geometric Compositions, screenprints |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 622.25 |
| 394 | Henry Clemens van de Velde (Belgian, 1863-1957), | Tropon - Eiweiss Nahrung, |
1898 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 589.50 |
| 410 | Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, 1936-2026), | Untitled, digital pigment print |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 589.50 |
| 365 | Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998), | Water Tower, Mendocino, |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 556.75 |
| 377 | Walter Bohl (American, 1907-1990), | Sugar, |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 556.75 |
| 409 | Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, 1936-2026), | Untitled, digital pigment print |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 524.00 |
| 403 | Mayumi Oda (Japanese, b. 1941), | Tassajara Cooking, |
N/A | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 458.50 |
| 427 | Anne W. Brigman (American, 1869-1950), | Untitled (Possibly Isadora Duncan), 1915 |
1915, 1997 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 458.50 |
| 374 | (lot of 2) | (lot of 2), Orange County Nudes #11 and #13, |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 425.75 |
| 405 | Lucy Qinnuayuak (Inuk/Canadian, 1915-1982), | Bird Totem, |
1976 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 425.75 |
| 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 |
| 384 | Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976), | Flying Color |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 393.00 |
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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.