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Rago Arts and Auctions: Remix Sale - Prints, Books

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Auction Name Remix Sale - Prints, Books Total Sales (USD) 45,773.00
Auction Date April 07, 2018 - April 07, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 28,000.00
Sale Number #40718 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 40,900.00
Total Lots 35
Sold Lots 31 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 30,100.00
% of Lots Sold 88.57% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 44,000.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2134 TAKAHASHI HIROAKI (Japanese, 1871-1944); KAWASE HA

Two: "Sacred Bridge at Nikko," together with "Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zôjôji)" from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)

ca. 1936, 1925; USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,250.00
2216 PATRICK DEMARCHELIER (French, b. 1942)

Giraffes, Tanzania and "Tree, Tanzania, African,"

1993 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,063.00
2096 BEN SHAHN (American, 1898-1969)

Two works: "Cat's Cradle," and "Mask P. 51,"

1959, 1963 USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,625.00
2105 FRANCESCO SCAVULLO (American, 1921-2004)

Untitled triptych (roses in a Chinese vase)

1987 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,250.00
2525

VINTAGE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ILLUSTRATION "New York, Pennsylvania Railroad,"

ca. 1950 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,125.00
2499 ROMAN VISHNIAC (American, 1897-1990)

A Square in Kazimierz, Cracow,

ca. 1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,500.00
2228 FRANK DUVENECK (American, 1848-1919)

Riva degli Schiavoni, II

1880 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,000.00
2373 JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER (American, 1834-1903

Drouet

1859 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
2227 FRANK DUVENECK (American, 1848-1919)

Riva degli Schiavoni, I

ca. 1880 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,750.00
2574 ELLEN CAREY (American, b. 1952)

Three Cibachrome prints,

2006 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,750.00
2550 MATTHEW J. MCCONVILLE (American, 20th c.)

Three untitled monotypes in colors,

1998 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,625.00
2381 AL HIRSCHFELD (American, 1903-2003)

Three works: "Woody Allen," and "Madonna," together with "Mikhail Baryshnikov,"

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,375.00
2351 THE CONNOR BROTHERS (British, 20th c.)

True Love Stories

2013 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,188.00
2382 AL HIRSCHFELD (American, 1903-2003)

Four etchings: "Barbara Streisand," , "Bette Midler," PP I/II, "Tootsie," and "Shirley MacLaine,"

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,188.00
2180 LOUISE NEVELSON (American, 1899-1998)

Essences 4 and "Essences 14,"

1977 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,125.00
2224 GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL (IL CANALETTO) (Italian, 1697-1768);

"Veduta Fantastica di S. Giacomo a Rialto,"

ca. 1740 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,125.00
2625 BERNAND DIREXIT (French, 18th c.)

Six hand-colored engravings of butterflies from "Histoire Naturelle, Insectes,"

ca. 1797 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,000.00
2628 RAOUL DUFY (French, 1877-1953)

Two untitled lithographs in colors on Arches of horse races

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
2495 EMANUEL BOWEN

EMANUEL BOWEN 18TH C. MAP "Particular Draughts and Plans of some of the Principle Towns and Harbours Belonging to the English, French and Spanish in America and the West Indies,"

1747 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 688.00
2652 RAOUL DUFY (French, 1877-1953)

Untitled (Venus a la Coquille)

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
2674 WILLIAM HAYES (British, 1729-1799)

Six hand colored engravings from "Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, With Their Descriptions from the Menagery of Osterley Park, in the County of Middlesex"

1794 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
2147 BEAUVILLÉ

Five silk prints depicting Parisian monuments

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 563.00
2472 TOYOHARA CHIKANOBU (Japanese, 1838-1912) TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (Japanese, 1835-1900)

FIVE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
2473 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (Japanese, 1797-1858)

The Gion Shrine in Snow from the series Famous Views of Kyoto, and "Snow Scene at the Shrine of Benzaiten in the Pond at Inokashira from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places (Meisho setsugekka)

ca. 1834, 1844-45 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 500.00
2506 NORMAN ROCKWELL (American, 1894-1978)

Horseshoe Forging Contest

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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