Rago Arts and Auctions: LAMA: Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | LAMA: Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 597,378.00 |
| Auction Date | December 12, 2024 - December 12, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 414,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #121224 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 612,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 242 | ||
| Sold Lots | 219.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 477,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 710,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 84.11% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 follow artist | Untitled (bed of roses) (from the Beneath the Roses series) |
2005 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 32,760.00 |
| 153 | Tracey Moffatt b.1960 follow artist | Something More, 3 |
1989 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 25,800.00 |
| 147 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 follow artist | Untitled (woman stain) (from the Twilight series) |
2001 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 21,420.00 |
| 144 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 follow artist | Untitled (Dylan on the floor) |
2001 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 20,160.00 |
| 103 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 follow artist | Lightning Fields 128 |
2009 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,860.00 |
| 152 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 follow artist | Untitled (man sodding street closed) (from the Hover series) |
1996 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 12,600.00 |
| 175 | Jim French 1932--2017 follow artist | John Pruitt Bow and Arrow, Studio |
1984 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 12,600.00 |
| 142 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 follow artist | Untitled (burning house) (from the Hover series) |
1997 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 11,340.00 |
| 149 | Alex Prager b.1979 follow artist | Eve (from The Big Valley series) |
2008 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 11,340.00 |
| 118 | James Van Der Zee 1886--1983 follow artist | James Van Der Zee: Eighteen Photographs |
1905-38 / printed 1974 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,710.00 |
| 140 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 follow artist | Untitled (bear with pool of milk) |
1998 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,710.00 |
| 146 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 follow artist | Untitled (pregnant woman) |
2001 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 160 | Nan Goldin b.1953 follow artist | James backstage at Lagerfeld show, Paris |
1995 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 247 | Edward S. Curtis 1868--1952 follow artist | An Oasis in the Badlands |
1905 / printed c. 1915 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 143 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 follow artist | Untitled (dead girl in garden) |
1998 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 |
| 112 | Andy Goldsworthy b.1956 | Burnt sticks Installed at Galerie Lelong, New York 1996 Returned and remade at Buckhorn, 1998 In the dried up bed of a pond Revisited the following year, 1999 After the pond had filled and emptied Buckhorn, New York |
2000 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,190.00 |
| 130 | Barkley L. Hendricks 1945--2017 follow artist | Hearts and Flowers #3 |
1978-79 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 8,190.00 |
| 221 | Diane Arbus 1923--1971 follow artist | Tattooed Man at a Carnival, MD |
1970 / printed later | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,190.00 |
| 178 | Robert Mapplethorpe 1946--1989 follow artist | Orchid with Palmetto Leaf |
1982 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,550.00 |
| 105 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 follow artist | Woodland Cemetery (from the Architecture series) |
2001 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,300.00 |
| 163 | Catherine Opie b.1961 follow artist | Surfers |
2019 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,048.00 |
| 200 | Henri Cartier-Bresson 1908--2004 follow artist | Brasserie Lipp, Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris |
1969 / printed later | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 6,048.00 |
| 220 | Diane Arbus 1923--1971 follow artist | A House on a Hill, Hollywood, CA |
1963 / printed c. 1971 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,048.00 |
| 122 | Gordon Parks 1912--2006 | Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago, IL |
1963 / printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,670.00 |
| 148 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 follow artist | Fireflies |
1993 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,670.00 |
