Clars Auction Gallery: The Warehouse Auction, 12426, Oakland

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 24, 2026 - January 24, 2026
Page Size: 52 items in 3 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2251

A framed signed photo of Prince Charles and Diana with COA

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 655.00
2254

A Lester Young jazz era concert poster, Mid-Winter Dance at the Terrance Ballroom

1951 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
2255

An original Festival Presentations typed list of expenses for the Music of Night People Jazz concert

N/A USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 65.50
2256

A contract for Dizzy Gillespie and Band to perform at Carnegie Hall

1957 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 65.50
2257

A signed letter from Samuel Stiefel to jazz artist Bennie Moten

1921 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2259

Two photos of jazz artist Lester Young, framed

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2260

A Court Order in Surrogates Court for the estate of Billie Holiday

1961 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
2261

A signed agreement between Ella Fitzgerald and Clef Records

1955 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 229.25
2262

Contracts to perform, Tommy Tucker, Gene Krupa and Anita O'Day

1954 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 720.50
2295 Charles Dickens

Dickens's Works (Roxburgh Edition)

Boston, 1892 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 720.50
2296 Honore de Balzac,

The Hanska Edition, The Works of Honore de Balzac (La Comedie Humai

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 196.50
2297

Approximately thirty seven art, fashion, photography books

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 196.50
2298

Approximately eighty eight books including fiction, biography

N/A USD 75.00 - 125.00 USD 65.50
2299

Approximately one hundred and four travel and art books

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 262.00
2558 After Francis Calcraft Turner (British, 1746-1846),

(lot of 3) "The Noble Tips" Series,

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 196.50
2559 After John Nost Sartorius (British, 1759-1828),

"Hambletonian," lithograph

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 98.25
2561 Tony Hunt Sr. (Kwakwaka'wakw/Canadian, 1942-2017),

Untitled, serigraph

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 65.50
2562 Art Thompson (Coast Salish/Canadian, 1948-2003),

"Wood Pecker," 1974

1974 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 262.00
2563 Helen Kalvak (Inuk/Canadian, 1901-1984),

"Aodlaktok," 1984, stonecut

1984 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 131.00
2564 Mayureak Ashoona (Inuk/Canadian, b. 1946),

"Arctic Loon," 1991, stonecut

1991 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 131.00
2565 Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall (American, 19th century),

"Stum Ma Nu," lithograph

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 65.50
2566 Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984),

Untitled, 1988, screenprint

1988 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 98.25
2567 Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984),

Grunwald Center Exhibition Poster, 1980, serigraph

1980 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 163.75
2568 After Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973),

Mother and Child, lithograph

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 65.50
2630 (lot of 2) Bruce R. Bleach (American, b. 1950),

Untitleds, etching

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.