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Rago Arts and Auctions: Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 463,966.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 343,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #121125b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 499,650.00 |
| Total Lots | 224 | ||
| Sold Lots | 211.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 367,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 94.20% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 534,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 13 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 86.73% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | Peter Hujar 1934--1987 follow artist | Peggy Lee |
1974 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 111 | Robert Frank 1924--2019 follow artist | Platte River, Tennessee |
1958 / printed c.1970 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 144 | Ellen von Unwerth b.1954 follow artist | Chateau Marmont |
2017 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 253 | Gertrude Kasebier 1852--1934 follow artist | Auguste Rodin |
1905 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 160 | Christopher Bucklow b.1957 follow artist | Tetrarch 2.32pm 31st May 2006 |
2006 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 105 | Alex Prager b.1979 follow artist | Emily |
2007 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 113 | William Eggleston b.1939 follow artist | Near Jackson Mississippi |
c.1970 / printed 2002 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 121 | Cindy Sherman b.1954 follow artist | Untitled (Doctor and Nurse) (diptych) |
1980-87 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 128 | David LaChapelle b.1963 follow artist | Tupac Shakur |
1996 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 139 | Jack Pierson b.1960 follow artist | Eight works from the Angel Youth portfolio |
1995 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 177 | Roman Signer b.1938 follow artist | Flugblatter |
1981 / printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,240.00 |
| 101 | Erwin Olaf b.1959 follow artist | The Boardroom (from the Rain series) |
2004 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 125 | Vik Muniz b.1961 follow artist | Self-Portrait (from the Pictures of Magazines series) |
2003 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 238 | Andre Kertesz 1894--1985 follow artist | Rainy Day, Tokyo |
1968 / printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 161 | Abelardo Morell b.1948 follow artist | Camera Obscura Image of Times Square in Hotel Room |
1997 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 119 | Gabriel Orozco b.1962 follow artist | Camiones de paisaje |
1997 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 235 | Edward Weston 1886--1958 follow artist | Yosemite |
1938 / printed c.1945 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 120 | Tseng Kwong Chi 1950--1990 follow artist | Notre Dame, Paris, France |
1983 / printed 1996 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 104 | Nan Goldin b.1953 follow artist | Skinhead Having Sex, London (from The Ballad of Sexual Dependency series) |
1978 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 118 | Maripol b.1955 follow artist | Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Madonna; Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat (three works) |
c.1985 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 130 | Ed Ruscha b.1937 follow artist | Twig (from the Elton John AIDS Foundation Photography Portfolio II) |
2011 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 153 | Fergus Greer b.1961 follow artist | Leigh Bowery: Session IV/Look 23, August 1991 |
1991 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 243 | Berenice Abbott 1898--1991 follow artist | Yuban Warehouse, Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn |
1937 / printed c.1942 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 252 | Yousuf Karsh 1908--2002 follow artist | The Roaring Lion (Portrait of Winston Churchill) |
1941 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 137 | Daido Moriyama b.1938 follow artist | Provoke No. 2 |
1969 / printed later | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
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![<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouv...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a2a2dbe-8edf-4091-9a08-800f7aba747e.jpg "<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,</i>, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier <i>L'Histoire des plantes,</i> second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.")
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000. -
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, mai...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [ver...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les ...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodram...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. M...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin ori...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000. -
![<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/004c032b-da4d-428e-811b-e5a8e80376a2.jpg "<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.")
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800. -
