Clars Auction Gallery: November Gallery Auction, 112125, Oakland

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025

Page Size: 173 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
4000		Two copies of jazz critic Leonard Feathers 'The Encyclopedia of Jazz', one inscribed to Fred Williamson,		USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
4002	Lester Young	A six piece collection of jazz artist Lester Young memorabilia,		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 622.25
4003		Two '400 Restaurant', NYC menus, featuring performers Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa, both signed		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 163.75
4004		A Fats Waller Flyer for his August 1942 Brant Inn, Ontario performances, accompanied by a Fats Waller signed I Owe You,	1936	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 294.75
4006		A Collection of Billie Holiday original orchestral arrangement sheets for 'Lover Man', 'A Love Affair', 'Please Come Home', 'Sleepy Time Down South', ...		USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 5,567.50
4007	Billie Holiday	A Billie Holiday inscribed and signed first edition of 'Lady Sings the Blues', Billie Holiday with William Duffy,	1956	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 3,275.00
4008		A Court Order in Surrogates Court related to the estate of Billie Holiday,	1936	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
4009	Billie Holiday	A Billie Holiday signed contract for performing at the Loop Lounge in Cleveland, Ohio in April of 1956.	1956	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 393.00
4010	Billie Holidays personal assistant, Alice Vrbsky,	A collection of original handwritten journals and notes of Billie Holidays personal assistant, Alice Vrbsky, towards the end of Billie Holidays life.		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 2,620.00
4011	Billie Holiday	A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to a fan at the Taft School in Watertown, CT.	1938	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,912.50
4012	Billie Holiday	A rare Billie Holiday handwritten letter to her last husband, Louie Mackay, signed Lady on Hotel Wilson letterhead.		USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,930.00
4013	Clef Records and Ella Fitzgerald	A seven-page agreement between Clef Records and Ella Fitzgerald, signed by both parties in November of 1955,		USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
4014		Six pages of documents related to the Billie Holiday/Dave Brubeck concert at the Sheridan Theatre, NYC on June 21st,1958.	1958	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 327.50
4016	Charlie Christian	A rare handwritten Charlie Christian one-page sheet music for 'Prisoner of Love' and 'Tea', dating to the mid-late 1930's.	mid-late 1930's.	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 1,965.00
4017		A collection of twelve Western Union/Postal Telegraphs related to jazz artist Bennie Moten performances, in various parts of the country	1930-1935.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 131.00
4018		A jazz-era Miles Davis at Club Diamond, Memphis, TN, June 7, 1959 poster.	1959	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 458.50
4019		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	Not Sold
4020		A 'Billie Holiday Sings in Greenwich Village', NY large handbill.	1957	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 458.50
4021		A Norman Granz Jazz at the Philharmonic April 14, 1957 concert in Amsterdam poster.	1957	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 458.50
4022		A silver gelatin photo of Billie Holliday with Art Tatum, Oscar Pettiford and Sid Catlett, circa 1945, Washington, DC.	circa 1945,	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 556.75
4023		A silver gelatin photo of Billie Holiday, Lester Young and others	1940's.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 786.00
4024		Two photos of jazz artist Lester Young, framed.		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 425.75
4025		A silver gelatin photo depicting Dizzy Gillespie, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn, Lorraine Gillespie and Billy Eckstine	1940's	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 589.50
4030		A contract for Dizzy Gillespie and Band to perform at Carnegie Hall, NYC on November 29th, 1957 for the sum of $1,500.	1957	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
4031		Two contracts to perform, jazz artists Tommy Tucker at the Hershey Park Ballroom, June 11, 1954,	c.1954	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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