Clars Auction Gallery: April Gallery Auction, 41726, Oakland

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 17, 2026 - April 17, 2026
Page Size: 71 items in 3 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
414 Leonor Fini (Argentine, 1907-1996)

Hatted Cats, lithograph

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 196.50
415 Victor Vasarely (Hungarian/French, 1906-1997),

Untitled, screenprint

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

Quadrature X, serigraph

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

Carden,

1980 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 327.50
418 Bill Graham (American, 1931-1991) and Tom Connell and Tom Cervenak (American, 20th century),

(lot of 2) Bloom, Poster Fillmore, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Poster

1968, c. 1965 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 360.25
419 Sister Boom Boom (American, 20th century),

San Francisco Supervisor Campaign Poster, 1982, poster print

1982 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 196.50
420 American School (20th century),

While the City Sleeps

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
421 French and Japanese Schools (20th century),

In the Realm of the Senses

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
422 Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952),

Chief Garfield (Jicarilla Apache),

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
423 Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952)

(lot of 2) , Native Women with Baskets, photogravures

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 196.50
424 Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952),

Navaho Flocks,

1904 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
425 Anne W. Brigman (American, 1869-1950),

Untitled (Possibly Isadora Duncan), 1915

1915 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 720.50
426 Anne W. Brigman (American, 1869-1950),

Untitled (Possibly Isadora Duncan), 1915

1915 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 229.25
427 Anne W. Brigman (American, 1869-1950),

Untitled (Possibly Isadora Duncan), 1915

1915, 1997 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 458.50
428 Lee Tanner (American, 1931-2013),

Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Boston, 1967,

1967, 1997 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 360.25
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
431 Slim Aarons (American 1916-2006),

Pool at Lake Tahoe, 1959,

1959 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 917.00
432 Sheyla Baykal (American, 1944-1994),

Angel Jack,

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
433 (lot of 2) Ann Rhoney (American, b. 1953),

Big Sur II and Blue Table VIII (Cafe, Paris),

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 393.00
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
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000