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Clars Auction Gallery: The Warehouse Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Warehouse Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 6,484.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | January 24, 2026 - January 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 5,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #12426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 9,545.00 |
| Total Lots | 52 | ||
| Sold Lots | 42.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 6,850.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.77% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 12,395.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 10 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 52.32% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
1892 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 720.50 |
| 2251 | A framed signed photo of Prince Charles and Diana with COA |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 655.00 | ||
| 2761 | Shiro Kasamatsu - | Pagoda in Evening Rain, Yanaka |
1932 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 327.50 |
| 2299 | Approximately one hundred and four travel and art books |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 262.00 | ||
| 2562 | Art Thompson (Coast Salish/Canadian, 1948-2003), | "Wood Pecker," 1974 |
1974 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 262.00 |
| 2261 | A signed agreement between Ella Fitzgerald and Clef Records |
1955 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 229.25 | |
| 2772 | Aoyama Masaharu (1893-1969) - | Seagulls |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 229.25 | |
| 2296 | Honore de Balzac, | The Hanska Edition, The Works of Honore de Balzac (La Comedie Humai |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 196.50 | |
| 2297 | Approximately thirty seven art, fashion, photography books |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 196.50 | ||
| 2558 | After Francis Calcraft Turner (British, 1746-1846), | (lot of 3) "The Noble Tips" Series, |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 196.50 | |
| 2762 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - | Kii Koya and Gokanosho |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 196.50 | |
| 2567 | Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984), | Grunwald Center Exhibition Poster, 1980, serigraph |
1980 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 163.75 |
| 2858 | Isono Bunsai | A group of book covers "Nagasaki Miyage" (Souvenir of Nagasaki) |
1847 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 163.75 |
| 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 |
| 2758 | Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - | Actor as Shinokazeharu |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 131.00 | |
| 2780 | Ting Shao Guang (born 1939) - | Dance of the Peacock |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 131.00 | |
| 2559 | After John Nost Sartorius (British, 1759-1828), | "Hambletonian," lithograph |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 98.25 | |
| 2566 | Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984), | Untitled, 1988, screenprint |
1988 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 98.25 |
| 2789 | Migita Toshihide (1863 - 1925) - | Sano Genzaemon Tsuneyo and Saimyoji Tokiyori |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 98.25 | |
| 2811 | (lot of 2) Chinese government printed bond certificates |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 98.25 | ||
| 2255 | An original Festival Presentations typed list of expenses for the Music of Night People Jazz concert |
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 | |
| 2298 | Approximately eighty eight books including fiction, biography |
USD 75.00 - 125.00 | USD 65.50 |
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Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 MarchKoller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000. -
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000. -
