Rago Arts and Auctions: Present Tense, 92525b, Van Nuys, CA

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025
Page Size: 37 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100 Takashi Murakami b.1963

Tan Tan Bo

 2016 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,780.00
114 Rafa Macarron b.1981

Untitled

 2023 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,080.00
122 Invader b.1969

Alert (blue)

 2020 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
139 Swoon b.1977

Edline

 2012 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
143 Jerkface b.1982

Double Mickey (Double Pointer)

 2024 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,905.00
145 Jerkface b.1982

You Know What Time It is (Adventure Time)

 2015 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 699.00
149 Jason Boyd Kinsella b.1969

Carlos

 2023 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,143.00
150 Barry McGee b.1966

D.F.W. zine; SFAQ [Projects] poster (two works)

 2015-16 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 318.00
151 Barry McGee b.1966

SFAQ [Projects] poster

 2015 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 381.00
153 Mr. Brainwash b.1966

Untitled

 2008 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 699.00
154 Leo Gabin b.2000

Untitled (Girl Smoke)

 2013 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 132.00
156 Martin Whatson b.1984

The Stag

 2020 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,032.00
157 Mr. Brainwash b.1966

I'm Yours - Follow Your Heart (Red)

 2022 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,524.00
159 Shepard Fairey b.1970

Artists for Freedom; Guns and Roses poster (two works)

 2006/2015 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 254.00
160 Shepard Fairey b.1970

Muslim Woman; Revolution Woman posters (two works)

 2007 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 254.00
164 Crash (John Matos) b.1961

Thunderbird; Thunderbird Alumni (two works)

 2003 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 762.00
168 Yue Minjun b.1962

Untitled (Smile-ism No. 2)

 2006 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,778.00
170 Yue Minjun b.1962

Untitled (Smile-ism No. 3)

 2006 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,270.00
171 Takashi Murakami b.1963

And Then x 727 (Ultramarine: GUNJO) with original drawing

 2013 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,159.00
172 Takashi Murakami b.1963

Kaikai Kiki and Me - For Better Or Worse In Good Times and Bad. The Weather is Fine

 2010 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
173 Takashi Murakami b.1963

And Then x6 (Red: The Polke Method)

 2013 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,080.00
174 Takashi Murakami and Fujiko F. Fujio

On an Endless Journey on a Time Machine with the Author Fujiko F. Fujio!

 2018 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,016.00
175 Takashi Murakami b.1963

Behold! Tis the Netherworld

 2014 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 762.00
176 Takashi Murakami b.1963

LIME GREEN-TIME; Dokuro Silver (two works)

 2000, 2008 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 635.00
177 Takashi Murakami b.1963

MCBST 1959-2011

 2011 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,244.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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