Rago Arts and Auctions: Photographs, 30425, Van Nuys, CA

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Auction Report
Auction Date
March 04, 2025 - March 04, 2025
Page Size: 139 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100 Weegee 1899--1968

Audrey Hepburn

1959-60 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,651.00
101 O. Winston Link 1914--2001

Swimming Pool (Welch, WV)

1963 / printed 1994 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,032.00
102 O. Winston Link 1914--2001

O. Winston Link and George Thom with Part of Equipment Used in Making Night Scenes with Synchronizer Flash, New York

1956 / printed 1997 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
103 Weegee 1899--1968

Statue of Liberty

c.1950 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,651.00
104 Gordon Parks 1912--2006

Ella Watson, American Gothic, Washington, DC (from the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography: Civil Rights portfolio)

1942 / printed 1996 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,096.00
105 Yousuf Karsh 1908--2002

The Roaring Lion (Portrait of Winston Churchill)

1941 / printed 1990 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,260.00
106 Edward Weston 1886--1958

Shells

1927 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 21,590.00
107 Robert Mapplethorpe 1946--1989

Bird of Paradise

1981 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
108 Edward Weston 1886--1958

Pepper No. 30

1930 / printed later USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,255.00
109 Chuck Close 1940--2021

Self-Portrait

2002 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
110 Weegee 1899--1968

Marilyn Monroe

c.1960 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,445.00
111 Garry Winogrand 1928--1984

John F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles

1960 / printed later USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,160.00
112 Louis Faurer 1916--2001

Deaf Mute, New York, NY

c.1950 / printed 1991 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,122.00
113 Louis Faurer 1916--2001

El on 3rd Ave., NYC

1942 / printed 1990 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,651.00
114 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (concentric circles) (from the Hover series)

1997 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 8,890.00
115 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (house fire) (from the Beneath the Roses series)

2004 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Not Sold
116 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (shed fire)

1997 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,556.00
117 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (wonder bread pile)

1998 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
118 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (butterflies and braids-vertical) (from the Natural Wonder series)

1997 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,080.00
119 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (ducks and ostrich eggs)

1994 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,810.00
120 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (eggs and chick)

1994 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,556.00
121 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (leg and mice)

1996 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,064.00
122 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (living room with suitcases) (from the Early Work series)

1988 / printed 1999 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,905.00
123 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (underwater corpse)

1995 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,556.00
124 Robert Polidori b.1951

2520 Deslondes St, New Orleans, LA, March 2006

2006 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,286.00
  • Dominic Winter AuctioneersApril 9Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints Dominic Winter AuctioneersApril 9Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
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    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
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    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
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    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
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    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
  • Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000. Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Bonhams, Apr. 8: First report outside of the colonies of the American Revolution, from American accounts. Printed broadsheet, The London Evening-Post, May 30, 1775. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi, 1713. "... first significant book on probability theory." $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Aristotle's Politica. Oeconomica. 1469. The first printed work on political economy. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: John Graunt's Natural and political observations...., 1662. The first printed work of epidemiology and demographics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Charles Schulz original 8-panel Peanuts Sunday comic strip, 1992, pen and ink over pencil, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy as a psychiatrist. $20,000 - $30,000
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