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Rago Arts and Auctions: Prints and Multiples

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Auction Name Prints and Multiples Total Sales (USD) 842,436.00
Auction Date January 10, 2024 - January 10, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 655,700.00
Sale Number #11024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 939,500.00
Total Lots 262
Sold Lots 187.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,048,200.00
% of Lots Sold 71.37% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,516,300.00
Unsold Lots 75 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

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

Views of Hotel Well I (from the Moving Focus series)

 1984-85 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 69,300.00
119 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

The Witch (from the Myths series)

 1981 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 47,880.00
108 Ed Ruscha b.1937

OK (State II)

 1990 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 40,320.00
120 Keith Haring 1958--1990

Untitled (from the Pop Shop IV series)

 1989 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,240.00
121 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Mammy (from the Myths series)

 1981 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,240.00
160 After Jean-Michel Basquiat

Untitled IV (from The Figure portfolio)

 1982 / 2023 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,240.00
162 After Jean-Michel Basquiat

Untitled III (from The Figure portfolio)

 1982 / 2023 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,240.00
107 Yoshitomo Nara b.1959

In the Cloud

 2003 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 27,720.00
229 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Bicentennial Print (from the America: The Third Century portfolio)

 1975-76 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,640.00
231 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Mao

 1971 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,640.00
199 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Sunrise

 1965 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 16,770.00
127 Damien Hirst b.1965

Politeness (H9-4) (from The Virtues series)

 2021 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,380.00
111 Jasper Johns b.1930

Periscope I

 1979 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,120.00
115 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Homage to Max Ernst

 1975 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,120.00
110 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Electric Chair

 1971 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,900.00
109 David Hockney b.1937

The Perspective Lesson (from the Moving Focus series)

 1984 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,970.00
310 After Pablo Picasso

Venus et l'amour voleur de miel (d'apres Cranach l'Ancien)

 1957 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,320.00
193 David Hockney b.1937

Corbusier Chair and Rug

 1969 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 10,080.00
100 Wayne Thiebaud 1920--2021

Chocolates

 1993 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,450.00
152 John Baldessari 1931--2020

Life's Balance (With Money)

 1989-90 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,190.00
175 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Figure with Teepee

 1980 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,190.00
249 Robert Indiana 1928--2018

The American Love

 1972 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,190.00
250 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Untitled I (from the Sex Parts series)

 1978 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,190.00
122 Wayne Thiebaud 1920--2021

Suckers State II

 1968 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,860.00
206 Andy Warhol 1928--1987

Campbell's Soup shopping bag

 1964 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,560.00
  • <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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