Rago Arts and Auctions: Photographic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection, 21226, Lambertville
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Madame Yevonde (Yevonde Middleton) 1893--1975 | Metis |
c.1935 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 29,210.00 | |
| 101 | Edward Steichen 1879--1973 | Douglass Lighters (for J. Walter Thompson) |
1926 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 | |
| 102 | Hans Bellmer 1902--1975 | La Bouche |
1936 / printed c.1975 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,376.00 | |
| 103 | Lee Friedlander b.1934 | Wilmington, Delaware |
1965 / printed c.1965 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 104 | Johan Hagemeyer 1884--1962 | Prison |
1923 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 | |
| 105 | Masahisa Fukase 1934--2012 | Kanagawa (from the Solitude of Ravens portfolio) |
1978 / printed 1998 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 | |
| 106 | Bruce Davidson b.1933 | England |
1960 / printed c.1960s | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 107 | Bruce Davidson b.1933 | England/Scotland |
1960 / printed 1966 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,270.00 | |
| 108 | Robert Frank 1924--2019 | New Orleans (Trolley) |
1955 / likely printed before 1972 | USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 114,300.00 | |
| 109 | Josef Breitenbach 1896--1984 | The Hands of Max Ernst |
1942 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 110 | Saul Leiter 1923--2013 | Taxi |
1957 / printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 | |
| 111 | Saul Leiter 1923--2013 | Phone Call |
1957 / printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 112 | Thomas Demand b.1964 | Bullion |
2003 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 | |
| 113 | Philip-Lorca diCorcia | Head #3 |
2000 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 | |
| 114 | William Eggleston b.1939 | Memphis (Tricycle) |
c.1970 / printed 1980 | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 152,400.00 | |
| 115 | Larry Sultan 1946--2009 | My Mother Posing for Me |
1984 / printed later | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 | |
| 116 | Cindy Sherman b.1954 | Untitled #333 |
1999 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 | |
| 117 | Nan Goldin b.1953 | Self-Portrait on Bridge at Golden River at Silver Hill |
1998 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 | |
| 118 | Bettina Rheims b.1952 | 4 Juillet, Paris I |
1991 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 119 | Robert Mapplethorpe 1946--1989 | Blue Rose |
1987 / printed 1988 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 | |
| 120 | Izima Kaoru b.1954 | UA wears Toga, # 373 (from the Landscapes with a Corpse series) |
2003 / printed 2004 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 121 | Felix Gonzalez-Torres 1957--1996 | "Untitled" (Bloomie's) |
1991 | USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 127,000.00 | |
| 122 | Edward Burtynsky b.1955 | Nickel Tailings #32, Sudbury, Ontario |
1996 / printed 2001 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 | |
| 123 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 | Untitled (Blind Reflection) (from the Beneath the Roses series) |
2007 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 | |
| 124 | Irving Penn 1917--2009 | Watercolor Palette, New York |
N/A | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
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Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue. -
Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500 -
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th centuryJeschke Jádi
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Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.Jeschke Jádi
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Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.Jeschke Jádi
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Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839. -
Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000. -
Sotheby’s
Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
Collection Georgette J. Salles
Open for bidding 8-29 AprilApr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.