Rago Arts and Auctions: Beauty & Imperfections. The Blaine Halvorson Collection, 91225, Van Nuys, CA

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 12, 2025 - September 12, 2025
Page Size: 47 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
328 Shepard Fairey b.1970

Obey Lions (HPM)

2004 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,540.00
329 Shepard Fairey b.1970

Bureau of Public Works (HPM)

2004 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,286.00
330 Mark Ryden b.1963

The Angel of Meat

1998 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,080.00
332 Mark Ryden b.1963

The Butcher Bunny

2000 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,778.00
336 Mark Ryden b.1963

Blood (Special Edition)

2004 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 762.00
337 Mark Ryden b.1963

Quadratum (Micro Portfolio Series Volume 2)

2001 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
338 Mark Ryden b.1963

Quadratum (Micro Portfolio Series Volume 2)

2001 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 191.00
339 Mark Ryden b.1963

Tree of Life

2008 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,302.00
344 Fritz Frohse 1871--1916

Anatomical chart plate no. 7

1918 / printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 127.00
345 After Paul Pfurtscheller

Vipera berus (Reptilia, Ophidia II) poster

c.1925 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 254.00
357 Karl Doyle

Kazakh Eagle Hunter; Horse Trainer (two works from the Nomads of Mongolia series)

c.2015 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,159.00
365 Dutch

Snake anatomy chart

c.1955 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 127.00
369 Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison

The Source

2005 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,556.00
370 Blaine Halvorson

Untitled (G.I. Joe) (two works)

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
371 Blaine Halvorson

Untitled (G.I. Joe Kneeling)

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 191.00
372 Blaine Halvorson

Untitled (G.I. Joe)

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 660.00
375

Andy Warhol's Interview

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,794.00
377 David LaChapelle b.1963

Artists & Prostitutes

2005 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 762.00
378 Helmut Newton and Philippe Stark 1920--2004

Baby Sumo with stand

2020 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,584.00
387 James T. White & Co.

White's Physiological Manikin & Anatomical poster

c. 1886 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 445.00
388 German

Anatomical studies (two works)

c. 1886 / later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 318.00
392

Frank Zappa poster

1968 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 889.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.