Clars Auction Gallery: The Warehouse Auction, 41826, Oakland

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 18, 2026 - April 18, 2026
Page Size: 127 items in 6 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2548 (lot of 20) French School (19th century)

Twenty Scenes of Brazil

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 26.20
2549 After Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1740-1807)/William Wynne Ryland (British, 1732-1783)

Venus Discovers Helen to Paris

1781 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2550 William Walcot (Scottish, 1874-1943)

Wooden Temple

circa 1900 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
2551 Walter Ernest Tittle (American, 1883-1966)

H. Rider Haggard

1922 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2552 Kathan Brown (American, 1935-2025)

Untitled (Nude Study)

1969 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
2553 After George Romney (British, 1734-1802)/Henry Wolf (American, 1852-1916)

Miss Eleanor Gordon

1908 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2554 After Giovanni Ambrogio da Predis (Italian, 1455-1508)/Henry Wolf (1852-1916)

"Girl with Cherries,"

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2555 After Charles Melville Dewey (American, 1849-1937)/Henry Wolf (American, 1849-1937)

Voice of the Trees

1907 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2556 After Emil Fuchs (Austrian, 1866-1929)/Henry Wolf (American, 1852-1916)

The Artist's Sister

1907 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2557 After Edouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)/Henry Wolf (1852-1916)

Boy With Sword

1908 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2558 After Edouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)/Henry Wolf (1852-1916)

Boy With Sword

1908 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2559 After Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852-1911)/Henry Wolf (1852-1916)

To Be Merry,

1880 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2560 Henry Wolf (American, 1852-1916)

The Ladder of Cattaro

1880 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2561 After Frederick Barnard (American, 1846-1896)/Henry Wolf (1852-1916)

Tis Merry in Hall

1884 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2562 Hans Burkhardt (American, 1904-1994)

Untitled

1977 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 39.30
2563 Jim Forsberg (American, 1919-1991)

Temple

1956 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
2564 Norman Arthur Bate (American, 1916-1980)

Between Day and Night

1958 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 65.50
2567 Karen Finley (American, b. 1956)

God Is a Woman

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2570 Liz Maxwell (American, 1936-2023)

Treasure Hunt

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
2571 Liz Maxwell (American, 1936-1923)

On the Beach

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
2572 Al Martin Napoletano (American, b. 1920)

Rodeo Clown on Mule

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 131.00
2573 Al Martin Napoletano (American, b. 1920)

Two Trotting Horses

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 131.00
2574 Al Martin Napoletano (American, b. 1920)

Rodeo Clown

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 131.00
2575 Al Martin Napoletano (American, b. 1920)

Roping a Cow

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 131.00
2576 Al Martin Napoletano (American, b. 1920)

Rider at Salinas Rodeo

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 131.00
  • 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