Auction Reports

Rago Arts and Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Old Masters & 19th Century Art
Auction Date
12/04/2025 - 12/04/2025
Sale Number
#120425
Total Lots
41
Sold Lots
19.0
Lots Sold
46.34%
Unsold Lots
22
Total Sales (USD)
34,345.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
31,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
47,300.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
69,300.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
105,200.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
32.65%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
134 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Christ Seated Disputing with the Doctors

1654 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,445.00
120 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Beggar Woman Leaning on a Stick

1646 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,445.00
160 Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes 1746--1828 follow artist

El amor y la muerte (Plate 10 from Los Caprichos)

1797-98 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,302.00
130 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

The Raising of Lazarus (small plate)

1642 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,413.00
127 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Joseph Telling His Dreams

1638 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,286.00
114 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

The Remonstrant Preacher Johannes Uytenbogaert

1635 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,032.00
170 After Domenico Beccafumi 1486--1551

The Crucifixion and other Scenes from the Passion of Christ

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,905.00
125 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

1659 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,778.00
133 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Jan Antonides van der Linden

1665 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,524.00
118 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Man Drawing from a Cast

c.1641 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,524.00
166 Federico Barocci 1535--1612

The Annunciation

c.1585 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,524.00
123 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Three works from the Millennium Edition

1995 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,320.00
129 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

The Cardplayer

1641 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,270.00
116 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Jan Asselyn, Painter

c.1647 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,143.00
119 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Jan Cornelis Sylvius

1633 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
122 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

Old Beggar Woman with a Gourd

c.1629 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
128 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606--1669 follow artist

The Tribute Money

c.1635 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
169 Nicolo Boldrini 1500--1566

Samson and Delilah (after Titian)

c.1540 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 254.00
111 William Hogarth 1697--1764

Seven works

1743/1755-1757 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 132.00
172 Annibale Caracci 1560--1609

Susanna and the Elders (Susanna e l vecchioni)

1590-95 USD 700.00 - 900.00 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.