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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,

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 393.00
6123

A group of mainly large-format hardcover art books,

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; ...

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',

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 294.75