Auction Reports
Clars Auction Gallery
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.
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Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’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.