Clars Auction Gallery: December Gallery Auction, 121925, Oakland

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 19, 2025 - December 19, 2025
Page Size: 27 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7008

Two 1899 U.S. silver certificates, FR#236 PMG-VF30; FR#233 PMG-VF25

1899 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 425.75
7009

A 1914 $10 FRN San Francisco Star note, FR#951a*, PMG-25 EPQ, rare

1914 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
7086

A signed silver gelatin photograph of Theodore Roosevelt. Also bears pencil notations verso 'Estate of Walter Prendergast, 1992'.

1992 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,703.00
7087

A framed photograph of President Warren G. Harding, inscribed 'To Walter F. Prendergast, with very best wishes...

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 360.25
7088

A signed photograph of Andrew Mellon, Secretary of Treasury under Harding and Roosevelt, inscribed

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 131.00
7089

A signed and dated silver gelatin photograph of William Phillips, Under Secretary of State and Ambassador to various countries,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
7090

A silver gelatin photograph of King Edward VIII, signed and dated, 1936.

1936 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 851.50
7091

A silver gelatin photograph of Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor from 1937,

1937 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,244.50
7092

A silver gelatin photograph depicting the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 12, 1937, Knole House;

1937 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 458.50
7202 Matsumi Kanemitsu (American/Japanese, 1922-1992),

Spectre, 1961, lithograph on paper,

1961 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 196.50
7203 Matsumi Kanemitsu (American/Japanese, 1922-1992),

Untitled, 1965, lithograph on paper

1965 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 196.50
7204 Robert Graham (Mexican/American, 1938-2008),

Untitled, 1995, etching,

1995 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 393.00
7205 Kiki Smith (American, b. 1954),

"Untitled," 1994, screenprint

1994 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 327.50
7206 After Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987),

"Andy Warhol's Exposures," 1979

1979 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 327.50
7207 Louis Schanker (American, 1903-1981),

"Polo Player," lithograph,

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 425.75
7208 Jean Charlot (French/American, 1898-1979),

Fiji, screenprint,

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 196.50
7209 Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985)

(lot of 6) , Five plates from "Dessins Pour La Bible" series, and "La Baie des Anges," lithograph in colors,

Paris; Monte-Carlo, Paris USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 491.25
7210 Thomas Pradzynski (Polish, 1951-2007),

"Petit Parisien," serigraph,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
7211 Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, 1906-1997),

"Parmenide (Orange, Red, and Blue)," serigraph,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 491.25
7212 Orit Raff (Israel, b. 1970),

Unititled (Wet Rag), 1997, c-print

1997 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
7213 Orit Raff (Israel, b. 1970),

Unititled (Soap), 1997, c-print affixed to board,

1997 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
7214 Shoichi Ida (Japanese, 1941-2006),

"Paper Between a Stone and Brook," 1983, mixed media print

1983 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 262.00
7215 Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. 1936),

"Ciudad de Un Millon Y Medio de Huevos y 25 Duros," digital serigraph

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
7216 Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. 1936),

"Codice Miguelito," digital serigraph

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 491.25
7217 Karl Doyle (Irish, 20th century),

"Harlequinn Girl," 2009, color photograph

2009 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.