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Rago Arts and Auctions: Prints and Multiples

Auction Reports

Auction Name Prints and Multiples Total Sales (USD) 942,420.00
Auction Date May 15, 2024 - May 15, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 654,000.00
Sale Number #51524 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 949,100.00
Total Lots 304
Sold Lots 274 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 761,300.00
% of Lots Sold 90.13% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,095,700.00
Unsold Lots 30 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 86.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
106 David Hockney b.1937

Hotel Acatlan: Second Day (from the Moving Focus series)

1984-85 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 81,900.00
127 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Ingrid Bergman: Herself

1983 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 47,880.00
129 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Blackglama (Judy Garland) (from the Ads portfolio)

1985 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,800.00
110 David Hockney b.1937

Celia with Green Hat

1984 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 28,820.00
117 Donald Judd 1928--1994

Untitled #4

1990 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 25,200.00
133 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Composition IV

1995 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,160.00
137 Robert Indiana 1928--2018

Heliotherapy Love

1995 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,160.00
132 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Cow

1971 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,640.00
119 Frank Stella b.1936

Quathlamba II; Empress of India I (from the V Series) (two works)

1968 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,120.00
120 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Mirror #8 (from the Mirror series)

1972 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,120.00
118 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Mirror #6 (from the Mirror series)

1972 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,410.00
131 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Watermelon (from the Space Fruit: Still Lifes portfolio)

1979 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,900.00
191 Pablo Picasso 1881--1973

Modele nu et sculptures (from La Suite Vollard)

1933 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,080.00
134 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Untitled (from the Hans Christian Andersen portfolio)

1987 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,450.00
115 John Baldessari 1931--2020

Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts)

1973 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,820.00
182 Joan Miro 1893--1983

Les amoureux du parque Guell

1980 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,820.00
105 Wayne Thiebaud 1920--2021

Night Farm

1993 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,190.00
138 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Flash - November 22, 1963

1968 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,190.00
183 Alexander Calder 1898--1976

Grey Ellipse (from the Our Unfinished Revolution portfolio)

1976 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,190.00
353 Christo 1935--2020

Wrapped Trees (Project for Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris)

1992 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,560.00
377 Yoshitomo Nara b.1959

Cosmic Girls: Eyes Opened; Cosmic Girls: Eyes Closed (two works)

2008 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,560.00
101 Ed Ruscha b.1937

Spattership

1990 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,930.00
113 John Baldessari 1931--2020

Rollercoaster

1989-90 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,930.00
180 Alexander Calder 1898--1976

Black Lines (from the Our Unfinished Revolution portfolio)

1976 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,930.00
229 Ken Price 1935--2012

Heat Wave (Deluxe Edition)

1995 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,930.00
  • Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
    London auction, 11 June
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    Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
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