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Auction Info

Auction Name
The Warehouse Auction
Auction Date
12/20/2025 - 12/20/2025
Sale Number
#122025
Total Lots
148
Sold Lots
80.0
Lots Sold
54.05%
Unsold Lots
68
Total Sales (USD)
11,390.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
10,900.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
19,870.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
19,725.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
36,060.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
31.59%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9642 Ishikawa Toraji -

Reading (Dokusho). Woodblock print

1934 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 458.50
9246

A cased two-volume set of 'The Original Watercolor Paintings, by John James Audubon for the Birds of America'

1966 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 458.50
9607A Toko Shinoda (1913-2021)

Beyond C. Lithograph on paper

N/A USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 393.00
9644 Kiyoshi Kobayakawa -

After the Bath. Woodblock print

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 393.00
9611A Toko Shinoda (1913-2021)

Irrigate. Lithograph on paper

1976 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 393.00
9164A American School (20th century)

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 360.25
9618 Ota Masamitsu (1892-1975)

Moritsuna of Ichikawa zebizo IX. Woodblock print

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 294.75
9624 Tatsumi Shimura (1907-1980)

Battle Dore. Woodblock print

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 262.00
9176 David Lance Goines (American, 1945-1923)

Oakland Symphony Fiftieth Season Poster

1983 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 229.25
9648A Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)

Chrysanthemum Flower Arrangement. Woodblock print

circa 1970 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 229.25
9134 Willem van den Berg (Dutch, 1886-1970)

Egret

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 229.25
9178 David Lance Goines (American, 1945-1923)

Annunciation

1975 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 229.25
9172 Howard Cook (American, 1901-1980)

Bougainville Barracks Bags

1943 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 196.50
9645 Yamakawa Shuho -

Autumn Leaves. Woodblock print

1927 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 196.50
9107 Leonetto Capiello (Italian, 1875-1942)

Chocolat Rozan

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 196.50
9634 Migita Toshihide (1863 - 1925)

Onna Kusunoki. Diptych print

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 196.50
9648

(lot of 2) Japanese woodblocks prints. Comprising one after Utagawa Hiroshige's No.119 View of the Paulownia Imperiales Trees at Akasaka on a Rainy Evening

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 196.50
9627 Watanabe Tosai Nobukazu (1872-1944)

Kojima Bingo Saburo Takanori. Triptych woodblock prints

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 196.50
9112 After Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Grand Maternite

1963 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 196.50
9163 American School (20th century)

San Francisco

1949 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 196.50

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  • 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.