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Rago Arts and Auctions: Missives from the Edge: Art & Zines of Raymond Pettibon

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Auction Name Missives from the Edge: Art & Zines of Raymond Pettibon Total Sales (USD) 109,392.00
Auction Date June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 101,350.00
Sale Number #61225b High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 131,700.00
Total Lots 137
Sold Lots 137.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 101,350.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 131,700.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 83.06%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
214 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Untitled (Can I speak)

 1986 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,525.00
207 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Untitled (There was no danger of her..)

 1990 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,255.00
233 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Tripping Corpse 8 artist's book

 1986 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 6,985.00
242 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Maquette for Black Flag at 5530 Hollywd. Blvd. / One of the Best Things About War is... Love / Fri. Jun. 29 / Sat. Jun. 30 flyer

 1979 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,826.00
243 Raymond Pettibon with Nelson Tarpenny

Paper Saints artist's book

 1989 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 3,556.00
251 Raymond Pettibon with Nelson Tarpenny

Sister Sodom artist's book

 1989 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,794.00
290 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Those of a Lower Clay. This Year's Best Shock-Novel artist's book

 1989 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,540.00
234 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Tripping Corpse 9 artist's book

 1986 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,286.00
222 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Henry Rollins - 20 artist's book

 1984 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,778.00
288 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Watching Onan artist's book

 1991 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,651.00
332 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

That Ol' Serpent artist's book

 1986 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,524.00
240 Raymond Pettibon with Nelson Tarpenny

Man Invented the Cross artist's book

 1989 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,397.00
225 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Collection of twenty-eight LPs

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,320.00
280 Raymond Pettibon with Nelson Tarpenny

Survivors Become Looters artist's book

 1986 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,270.00
313 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Father Sena Perfect artist's book

 1985 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,080.00
327 Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag, Misfits, Vandals

Black Flag at the Santa Monica Civic / June 11th flyer

 1983 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,080.00
219 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

The Major Arteries artist's book

 2009 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 953.00
235 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Tripping Corpse 10 artist's book

 1988 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 953.00
249 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Torches & Standards LP

 1990 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 953.00
206 Raymond Pettibon with Nelson Tarpenny

Story-Book of Heaven artist's book

 1986 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 889.00
277 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Captive Chains artist's book

 1978 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 889.00
300 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Collection of twelve 7-inch records

 1985-2003 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 889.00
248 Raymond Pettibon with Nelson Tarpenny

The Other Side of Heat / The Artifice of Charcoals artist's book

 1989 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 826.00
226 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Tripping Corpse artist's book

 1981 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 792.00
323 Raymond Pettibon with Nelson Tarpenny

Hairshirt Theology artist's book

 1988 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 762.00
  • <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.
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    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.
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