Clars Auction Gallery: The Warehouse Auction, 92025, Oakland

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 20, 2025 - September 20, 2025
Page Size: 161 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9306

Two Billie Holiday signed Associated Booking Corp jazz press photos,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 196.50
9307

A silver gelatin photo of Billie Holliday with Art Tatum, Oscar Pettiford and Sid Catlett

circa 1945 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 5,240.00
9308

A Norman Granz Jazz at the Philharmonic April 14, 1957 concert in Amsterdam poster.,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,965.00
9309

A jazz era Hot Club de Belgique poster,

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 3,275.00
9310

A Lester Young signed MGN 'Pres and Sweets' jazz album jacket.,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 360.25
9312

A Jazz-era Columbia presents Famous Recordings From the Clef Series,

1955 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 262.00
9313

A Billie Holiday signed Columbia Records,

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 589.50
9314

A silver gelatin photo depicting Dizzy Gillespie, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn, Lorraine Gillespie and Billy Eckstine

1940's USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 229.25
9315

A jazz press photo of Duke Ellington,

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 720.50
9316

A Count Basie concert poster from the State Theatre in Hartford, CT,

1943 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 458.50
9317

A jazz-era The Wanders Hot Club 3rd Swingfest, Coleman Hawkins with Freddy Johnson and Maurice van Kleef, ...,

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 327.50
9318

A Louis Armstrong signed promotional photo,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 425.75
9319

A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to a fan at the Taft School in Watertown, CT.,

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,602.50
9320

A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to her last husband, Louie Mackay

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,257.50
9321

A press photo of Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson

1939 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 163.75
9322

A jazz-era Miles Davis at Club Diamond, Memphis, TN

1959 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,244.50
9323

One shelf of 1940's - 50's jazz albums

1940's - 50's USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 229.25
9325

A Collection of approx one hundred and ten albums

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 425.75
9326

A collection of Jazz ephemera comprising (2) New Orleans film posters

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 294.75
9327

A selection of books on jazz artists including Louis Armstrong

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 163.75
9352

Two children's Books

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 65.50
9353

Book, Seimi No Jisso (Truth of Life) by Masaharu Taniguchi

1937 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
9354 Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784)

The Diderot Encyclopedia, The Complete Illustrations, 1762 - 1777

1978 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 294.75
9355 Dawson, William Leon,

The Birds of California: A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State

1923 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 196.50
9356

A collection of thirty-one books

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 131.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.