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Rago Arts and Auctions: Prints Unlimited

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Auction Name Prints Unlimited Total Sales (USD) 83,589.00
Auction Date April 08, 2024 - April 08, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 70,400.00
Sale Number #40824 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 102,400.00
Total Lots 120
Sold Lots 105 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 88,200.00
% of Lots Sold 87.50% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 128,300.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 65.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
152 Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) 1918--1986

a man you can lean on

1966 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,026.00
142 Keith Haring 1958--1990

Plate 12 (from The Story of Red and Blue portfolio)

1990 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,528.00
159 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

As I Opened Fire (triptych)

1966 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,276.00
174 Takashi Murakami b.1963

Doraemon in the Field of Flowers; We Came to the Field of Flowers (two works)

2018 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,276.00
153 Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) 1918--1986

ha,

1966 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,268.00
150 Jasper Johns b.1930

Untitled

1977 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,142.00
161 Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997

Spray Can (from the One Cent Life portfolio) with signature

1964 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,890.00
108 Romare Bearden 1911--1988

Out Chorus (Rhythm Section) (from the Jazz Series)

1979 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,703.00
182 Julian Opie b.1958

Four works from the Twenty-Six Portraits portfolio

2006 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,703.00
106 Romare Bearden 1911--1988

Come Sunday (from the 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints portfolio)

1975 / 1976 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,638.00
155 Alan Kessler b.1945

Red Geranium (from the 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints portfolio) (three works)

1975 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,638.00
202 Robert Rauschenberg 1925--2008

Untitled I (from the Surface Series, from Currents suite)

1970 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,638.00
125 Gene Davis 1920--1985

Royal Curtain

1980 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,512.00
170 Mr. Brainwash b.1966

Love Above All

2024 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,441.00
172 Takashi Murakami b.1963

Acupuncture Flowers

2008 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,386.00
205 Ed Ruscha b.1937

Science Is Truth Found Out (RED)ition

2022 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,386.00
197 Mel Ramos 1935--2018

A.C. Annie

1971 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,310.00
120 Christo 1935--2020

Wrapped Statues / Project for Die Glyptothek, Munchen

1988 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,260.00
168 Henry Moore 1898--1986

Four Women Standing

1974-75 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,260.00
169 Robert Motherwell 1915--1991

Soot-Black Stone, #6

1975 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,260.00
173 Takashi Murakami b.1963

And Then x 727 (Ultramarine: GUNJO)

2013 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,260.00
175 Takashi Murakami b.1963

We Are the Square Jocular Clan

2018 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,071.00
196 Marc Quinn b.1964

Sphinx

1995 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,008.00
203 James Rosenquist 1933--2017

Miles (from America: The Third Century)

1975 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,008.00
208 Anne Ryan 1889--1954

Untitled

1942 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,008.00
  • 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
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    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
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