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Rago Arts and Auctions: Photographic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection | Total Sales (USD) | 940,595.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 845,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #21226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,180,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 46 | ||
| Sold Lots | 44.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 862,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 95.65% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,204,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 78.10% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | William Eggleston b.1939 | Memphis (Tricycle) |
c.1970 / printed 1980 | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 152,400.00 |
| 121 | Felix Gonzalez-Torres 1957--1996 | "Untitled" (Bloomie's) |
1991 | USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 127,000.00 |
| 108 | Robert Frank 1924--2019 | New Orleans (Trolley) |
1955 / likely printed before 1972 | USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 114,300.00 |
| 123 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 | Untitled (Blind Reflection) (from the Beneath the Roses series) |
2007 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 132 | Andres Serrano b.1950 | Black Supper I-V |
1991 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 101 | Edward Steichen 1879--1973 | Douglass Lighters (for J. Walter Thompson) |
1926 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 100 | Madame Yevonde (Yevonde Middleton) 1893--1975 | Metis |
c.1935 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 29,210.00 |
| 124 | Irving Penn 1917--2009 | Watercolor Palette, New York |
USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 | |
| 115 | Larry Sultan 1946--2009 | My Mother Posing for Me |
1984 / printed later | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 128 | Thomas Struth b.1954 | Las Vegas 1 |
1999 / printed 2000 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 134 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 | Fox Theatre, Detroit, Mich. |
1978 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 119 | Robert Mapplethorpe 1946--1989 | Blue Rose |
1987 / printed 1988 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 127 | Richard Misrach b.1949 | Untitled |
2002 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 112 | Thomas Demand b.1964 | Bullion |
2003 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 136 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 | U.A. Walker |
1979 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 17,160.00 |
| 133 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 | Alhambra, San Francisco |
1992 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 113 | Philip-Lorca diCorcia | Head #3 |
2000 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 135 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 | Orinda Theater, Orinda |
1992 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 117 | Nan Goldin b.1953 | Self-Portrait on Bridge at Golden River at Silver Hill |
1998 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 125 | Candida Hofer b.1944 | Bibliothek Madrid I |
2000 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 142 | Julius Shulman 1910--2009 | Case Study House #22 (Two Girls), Los Angeles, California (Pierre Koenig) |
1960 / printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 110 | Saul Leiter 1923--2013 | Taxi |
1957 / printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 116 | Cindy Sherman b.1954 | Untitled #333 |
1999 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 122 | Edward Burtynsky b.1955 | Nickel Tailings #32, Sudbury, Ontario |
1996 / printed 2001 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 139 | Doug and Mike Starn b.1961 | Structure of Thought #15 |
2001-04 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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.