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Rago Arts and Auctions: Editions and Works on Paper

Auction Reports

Auction Name Editions and Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 978,318.00
Auction Date December 18, 2024 - December 18, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 618,750.00
Sale Number #121824 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 911,600.00
Total Lots 298
Sold Lots 270 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 693,450.00
% of Lots Sold 90.60% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,022,900.00
Unsold Lots 28 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 95.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
157 Keith Haring 1958--1990

Flowers IV (from the Flowers portfolio)

1990 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 30,240.00
236 Joan Miro 1893--1983

Le Chasseur de Pieuvres

1969 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 25,200.00
318 John Chamberlain 1927--2011

Untitled (Spurtlux)

1993 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 22,680.00
224 Yaacov Agam b.1928

Untitled (Construction)

c. 1981 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 21,420.00
147 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Hammer and Sickle (from the Hammer and Sickle series)

1977 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,640.00
134 Louise Nevelson 1899--1988

Sun-Set

1981 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 18,900.00
281 Christopher Wool b.1955

Black Book

1989 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,900.00
193 Frank Stella 1936--2024

Frontispiece, from Illustrations after El Lissitsky's Had Gadya

1984 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,770.00
170 Jasper Johns b.1930

Watchman

1967 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,120.00
202 Alex Katz b.1927

The Green Cap

1985 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,120.00
326 Kehinde Wiley b.1977

Sophie Arnould Study II

2016 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,120.00
199 Sean Scully b.1945

Liliane

2010 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 13,860.00
235 Henri Matisse 1869--1954

L'homme endormi

1936 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 13,230.00
140 Helen Frankenthaler 1928--2011

Flirt

1995 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,600.00
149 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Mildred Scheel

1980 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,600.00
143 Ed Ruscha b.1937

OOO

1970 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,340.00
154 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Pyramids

1969 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,340.00
192 Sol LeWitt 1928--2007

Arcs from Sides or Corners, Grids & Circles

1972 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 11,340.00
153 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Before the Mirror (from Mirrors of the Mind portfolio)

1975 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,080.00
196 Frank Stella 1936--2024

Shards II (from the Shards series)

1982 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,080.00
203 Alex Katz b.1927

Alex Katz, Self-Portrait (Passing) (from the Alex and Ada: the 1960s to the 1980s portfolio)

1990 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,080.00
399 Damien Hirst b.1965

Opium

2000 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,080.00
144 Ed Ruscha b.1937

Five works from the Tropical Fish series

1974-75 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,450.00
305 Donald Sultan b.1951

Ten Greens, March 20, 2006

2006 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,450.00
152 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Two Apples

1983 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,820.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD