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Clars Auction Gallery: The Warehouse Auction

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Auction Name	The Warehouse Auction	Total Sales (USD)	29,180.25
Auction Date	February 21, 2026 - February 21, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	23,975.00
Sale Number	#22126	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	38,195.00
Total Lots	136
Sold Lots	97.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	29,825.00
% of Lots Sold	71.32%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	48,695.00
Unsold Lots	39	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	59.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
6922	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)	Yaoya Oshichi climbing the fire watchtower to look at her burning house. Woodblock print, diptych	1888	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 2,489.00
6063A		A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to her last husband, Louie Mackay. Signed Lady on Hotel Wilson letterhead. 1957.	1957	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,965.00
6907	Kawase Hasui	Snow at Yagumo Bridge. Woodblock print, 1934, with the Watanab publisher's mark	1934	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,572.00
6910	Kawase Hasui	Full Moon at Magome. Two woodblock prints, 1930, posthumous editions	1930	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,572.00
6927	Toshi Yoshida	The Flowers and Birds of the Oriental Year. A set of twelve woodblock prints, commissioned by the Franklin Mint	the early 1980s	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,572.00
6063		A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to a fan at the Taft School in Watertown, CT., 1938.	1938	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,310.00
6913	Hiroshi Yoshida	Market in Mukden. Woodblock print, 1937	1937	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,310.00
6909	Kawase Hasui	Lake Matsubara, Shinsu. Woodblock print, 1941, with the Watanabe 6mm publisher's mark	1941	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,113.50
6908	Kawase Hasui	Lakeside Shower, Matsue. Woodblock print, 1932, with the Watanabe red 7mm publisher's mark	1932	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,048.00
6912	Hiroshi Yoshida	Sarusawa Pond. Woodblock print, 1933	1933	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 982.50
6906	Kawase Hasui	Chuzenji at Utagahama Beach. Woodblock print, 1931, with the Watanabe 6mm publisher's mark	1931	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 851.50
6466	Ron Davis (American, 1937-2025)	Arc Arch,	1979	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 589.50
6915	Toshi Yoshida	Hyoroku at Night. Woodblock print, 1985, Yoshida Family Studio, later posthumous edition	1985	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 524.00
6918	Toshi Yoshida	Friendly Garden. Two woodblock prints, 1980, consisting Bamboo and Plum Tree	1980	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 524.00
6905	Kawase Hasui	Evening at Itako. Woodblock print, 1930, post-war impression, originally published by Sakai and Kawaguchi	1930, post-war impression, originally published by Sakai and Kawaguchi	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 491.25
6916	Toshi Yoshida	Heirinji Temple Bell. Woodblock Print, 1951	1951	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 491.25
6904	Kawase Hasui	Evening at Itako. Woodblock print, 1930, post-war impression, originally published by Sakai and Kawaguchi	1930, post-war impression, originally published by Sakai and Kawaguchi	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 458.50
6914	Hiroshi Yoshida	Tomonoura Harbor. Woodblock print, 1930, posthumous edition	1930	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 458.50
6130		Fifty-one volumes of Art, Photography and Illustration books,	N/A	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 393.00
6123		A group of mainly large-format hardcover art books,	N/A	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 360.25
6129		Sixty five volumes of History, Philosophy and Playwrights, including Vasaris' The Lives of the Most Eminent Painters; ...	N/A	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 360.25
6064		A Lester Young jazz era concert poster, Mid-Winter Dance, Junior Paradise Girls at the Terrance Ballroom, January 27, 1951.	1951	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 327.50
6456	Tom Speer (American/Duwamish, 20th century)	Wolf Mother with Pup,	1977	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 327.50
6911	Hiroshi Yoshida	Misty Day in Nikko. Woodblock print, 1937, posthumous edition	1937	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 327.50
6128A		Herbert Howe Bancroft, sixteen volumes of 'Bancrofts Works',	N/A	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 294.75

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.