Auction Reports
Clars Auction Gallery
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- December Gallery Auction
- Auction Date
- 12/19/2025 - 12/19/2025
- Sale Number
- #121925
- Total Lots
- 27
- Sold Lots
- 18.0
- Lots Sold
- 66.67%
- Unsold Lots
- 9
- Total Sales (USD)
- 8,973.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 7,700.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 11,200.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 12,100.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 17,700.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 50.70%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7086 | A signed silver gelatin photograph of Theodore Roosevelt. Also bears pencil notations verso 'Estate of Walter Prendergast, 1992'. |
1992 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,703.00 | |
| 7091 | A silver gelatin photograph of Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor from 1937, |
1937 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,244.50 | |
| 7090 | A silver gelatin photograph of King Edward VIII, signed and dated, 1936. |
1936 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 851.50 | |
| 7216 | Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. 1936), | "Codice Miguelito," digital serigraph |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 491.25 |
| 7211 | Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, 1906-1997), | "Parmenide (Orange, Red, and Blue)," serigraph, |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 491.25 |
| 7209 | Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985) | (lot of 6) , Five plates from "Dessins Pour La Bible" series, and "La Baie des Anges," lithograph in colors, |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 491.25 |
| 7092 | A silver gelatin photograph depicting the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 12, 1937, Knole House; |
1937 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 458.50 | |
| 7008 | Two 1899 U.S. silver certificates, FR#236 PMG-VF30; FR#233 PMG-VF25 |
1899 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 425.75 | |
| 7207 | Louis Schanker (American, 1903-1981), | "Polo Player," lithograph, |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 425.75 |
| 7204 | Robert Graham (Mexican/American, 1938-2008), | Untitled, 1995, etching, |
1995 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 393.00 |
| 7087 | A framed photograph of President Warren G. Harding, inscribed 'To Walter F. Prendergast, with very best wishes... |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 360.25 | |
| 7205 | Kiki Smith (American, b. 1954), | "Untitled," 1994, screenprint |
1994 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 327.50 |
| 7206 | After Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), | "Andy Warhol's Exposures," 1979 |
1979 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 327.50 |
| 7214 | Shoichi Ida (Japanese, 1941-2006), | "Paper Between a Stone and Brook," 1983, mixed media print |
1983 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 262.00 |
| 7203 | Matsumi Kanemitsu (American/Japanese, 1922-1992), | Untitled, 1965, lithograph on paper |
1965 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 196.50 |
| 7202 | Matsumi Kanemitsu (American/Japanese, 1922-1992), | Spectre, 1961, lithograph on paper, |
1961 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 196.50 |
| 7208 | Jean Charlot (French/American, 1898-1979), | Fiji, screenprint, |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 196.50 |
| 7088 | A signed photograph of Andrew Mellon, Secretary of Treasury under Harding and Roosevelt, inscribed |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 131.00 | |
| 7805 | Ting Shao Guang (born 1939) - | Dance of the Peacock. Serigraph |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 7803 | Ting Shao Kuang (Born 1939) - | Morning Walk. Serigraph |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
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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 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.