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Clars Auction Gallery: Important Fine Art Auction

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Auction Name Important Fine Art Auction Total Sales (USD) 148,652.25
Auction Date February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 83,800.00
Sale Number #21926 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 131,800.00
Total Lots 44
Sold Lots 32.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 113,000.00
% of Lots Sold 72.73% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 177,800.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 83.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3098 (lot of 17) John Lennon (British, 1940-1980),

Bag One,

 1970 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 42,575.00
3082 Richard Diebenkorn (American 1922-1993),

Folsom Street Variations III (Primaries),

 1986 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 19,650.00
3079 Richard Pettibone (American, 1938-2024),

Andy Warhol Brillo Box (1964),

 1967 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,030.00
3101 Rene Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967),

Le Pretre Marie,

 N/A USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,860.00
3114 Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004),

William F. Buckley Jr,

 1975 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,860.00
3089 Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015),

Untitled (Blue, Yellow, Red),

 1970-73 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,205.00
3083 Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922-1993),

Blue Softground,

 1985 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,257.50
3090 Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976),

Man Hole Cover,

 N/A USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,257.50
3085 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851),

Mallard Duck (Plate #385),

1860 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,602.50
3087 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851),

Black American Wolf (Plate #67),

 1845 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,275.00
3088 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851),

Mouse Deer (Plate #76),

1845 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,275.00
3080 Nathan Oliveira (American, 1928-2010),

Western Site XIV,

 1978 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,947.50
3104 Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952),

Homeward,

 1898 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,947.50
3119 Peter Lik (Australian, b. 1959),

Midsummer Dream,

 c-print USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,947.50
3098A Patrick Hughes (British, b. 1939),

History,

 2007 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,620.00
3086 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851),

The Moose/Common Moose (Plate #90),

1846 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,227.00
3093 Leonard Cohen (Canadian, 1934-2016),

It Was the Hat,

 2007 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,096.00
3094 Leonard Cohen (Canadian, 1934-2016),

One Little Guy,

 2007 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,096.00
3095 Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669),

Peasant with a High Cap,

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,310.00
3100 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989),

Abricot Chevalier

 N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,310.00
3118 Peter Lik (Australian, b. 1959),

Lavender Sea,

 c-print USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,048.00
3112 Johan Hagemeyer (American/Dutch, 1884-1962),

Spring,

 1926 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 851.50
3096 Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985),

Maternite, Frontispiece from Arland Book

 1926 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 720.50
3081 Nathan Oilveira (American, 1928-2010),

White Lady,

 1964 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 655.00
3099 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989),

Time and Space,

 1973 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 655.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • 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.