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Rago Arts and Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Present Tense
Auction Date
12/17/2025 - 12/17/2025
Sale Number
#121725b
Total Lots
16
Sold Lots
14.0
Lots Sold
87.50%
Unsold Lots
2
Total Sales (USD)
56,377.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
29,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
45,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
35,300.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
54,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
104.40%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
142 Shepard Fairey b.1970

Guns and Roses

 2007 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 17,780.00
116 Shepard Fairey b.1970

Two Sides of Capitalism (Good)

 2007 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,890.00
117 Shepard Fairey b.1970

Proud Parents

 1995-2007 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,826.00
115 Shepard Fairey b.1970

Wage Peace

 2005 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,445.00
141 Shepard Fairey b.1970

World Police State Champs

 2007 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,810.00
126 KAWS (Brian Donnelly) b.1974

Untitled IX (from the Urge portfolio)

 2020 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,810.00
143 Shepard Fairey b.1970

Rise Above Cop

 2006 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,696.00
124 Invader b.1969

Alert (Blue)

 2020 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,376.00
128 Ron English b.1958

Abraham Obama (Soft Gold)

 2008 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,905.00
159 Yue Minjun b.1962

Untitled (Smile-ism No. 23)

 2006 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,651.00
165 Raymond Pettibon b.1957

Black Flag / Loose Nut / Live 1985 / skateboard deck

 1985 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,651.00
160 Yue Minjun b.1962

Untitled (Smile-ism No. 25)

 2006 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
162 Andrew Kuo b.1977

Linfinite Jest

 2014 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 330.00
125 Andre Saraiva b.1971

Pink Mr. A on Black Background

 2012 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 191.00
112 KAWS (Brian Donnelly) b.1974

Warm Regards

 2005 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
144 KAWS (Brian Donnelly) b.1974

Undefeated Billboard

 2004 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.