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Rago Arts and Auctions: Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 446,641.00 |
| Auction Date | November 04, 2025 - November 04, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 334,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #110425 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 506,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 194 | ||
| Sold Lots | 170.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 429,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.63% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 640,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 24 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 69.70% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | Michal Rovner b.1957 | Crossing |
2012 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 121 | Chuck Close 1940--2021 | Fuji Mums |
1988 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 159 | Tseng Kwong Chi 1950--1990 | Untitled (Haring Subway) |
c.1983 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 160 | Tseng Kwong Chi 1950--1990 | Untitled (Haring Subway) |
c.1983 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 131 | William Eggleston b.1939 | Untitled (Kentucky) |
1983/printed 1999 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,580.00 |
| 133 | Jeff Brouws b.1955 | Freshly Painted Houses |
1991/printed 2004 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 140 | Kwame Brathwaite 1938--2023 | Untitled (Grandassas in Car) |
c.1968/printed 2021 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 141 | Dawoud Bey b.1953 | Nikki and Manting (diptych) |
1992 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 251 | Ruth Orkin 1921--1985 | American Girl in Italy, Florence |
1951/printed 1980 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,920.00 |
| 161 | George Dureau 1930--2014 | Wing Ding at the Mantle |
1978 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 259 | Ilse Bing 1899--1998 | Puddle, Rue de Valois, Paris |
1932 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 123 | Vik Muniz b.1961 | Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, after Bernini (from the Pictures of Chocolate series) |
2015 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 215 | Harry Callahan 1912--1999 | Chicago |
c.1947 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 228 | George A. Tice 1938--2025 | Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, New Jersey |
1974/printed 1989 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 130 | William Eggleston b.1939 | Memphis, Tennessee (Red Cart) |
1996/printed 2002 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 126 | David LaChapelle b.1963 | Devotion |
2001 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,940.00 |
| 214 | Ansel Adams 1902--1984 | Winter - Forest Detail, Yosemite Valley |
c.1949/printed c.1958-60 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,544.00 |
| 170 | Horst P. Horst 1906--1999 | Electric Beauty, Paris, 1939 |
1939/printed later | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 207 | Joel-Peter Witkin b.1939 | Canova's Venus Shaun Ariane Montiel |
1982 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 174 | Arno Rafael Minkkinen b.1945 | Foster's Pond |
1989 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,016.00 |
| 162 | George Dureau 1930--2014 | Untitled (from The Belligerents series) |
1991 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 202 | Donald Sultan b.1951 | Smoke Rings (Medium) |
2001 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 172 | Horst P. Horst 1906--1999 | Lisa on Silk |
1940/printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,620.00 |
| 184 | Cindy Sherman b.1954 | Untitled (from the For Beuys portfolio) |
1987 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
| 225 | T. Lux Feininger 1910--2011 | Kiefern am Meisterhaus Feininger, Sicht nach oben, in starker Verkurzung (Bauhausbaum) |
c.1927-28 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
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