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Rago Arts and Auctions: Prints and Multiples

Auction Reports

Auction Name Prints and Multiples Total Sales (USD) 1,192,757.00
Auction Date February 17, 2021 - February 17, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 718,100.00
Sale Number #21721 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,050,100.00
Total Lots 297
Sold Lots 270 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 813,400.00
% of Lots Sold 90.91% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,193,100.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
311 William Kentridge

Dutch Iris

1994 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 40,000.00
307 Joan Mitchell

Sunflower V

1992 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 37,500.00
348 KAWS (Brian Donnelly)

Lost Time

2018 USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 27,500.00
302 Tom Wesselmann

Monica Nude with Cezanne from Portfolio 90

1994 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 26,000.00
303 Tom Wesselmann

Blonde Vivienne

1998 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 21,250.00
209 Josef Albers

Six Variants portfolio

1969 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 17,500.00
356 Carlos Cruz-Diez

Couleur Additive Perseus portfolio

2017 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 16,250.00
134 Pablo Picasso

Shakespeare

1965 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 13,750.00
296 Keith Haring

Apocalypse 8 from the Apocalypse series

1988 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,500.00
229 Agnes Martin

Paintings and Drawings: Stedelijk Museum Portfolio

1991 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,875.00
364 Mr. Brainwash

Bat-Wockk

2019 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,875.00
299 John Baldessari

Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line

1973 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 11,250.00
167 Robert Rauschenberg

Spot

1964 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,625.00
208 Josef Albers

I-S k

1973 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 10,625.00
320 Christo

Orange Store Front, Project 1964-1991

1991 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 10,625.00
217 Ellsworth Kelly

Red Curve for Parkett 56

1999 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,400.00
181 Andy Warhol

Self-Portrait

1978 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,000.00
230 Bridget Riley

Untitled (Blue)

1978 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,000.00
308 Joan Mitchell

Poems portfolio

1992 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,750.00
168 Louise Nevelson

Facade portfolio

1966 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,375.00
191 Roy Lichtenstein

Une Fenêtre Ouverte sur Chicago from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique

1992 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,375.00
201 Sunday B. Morning

Marilyn portfolio

1972 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
210 Josef Albers

I-S j

1973 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 9,375.00
232 Frank Stella

York Factory I

1971 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,375.00
239 Willem de Kooning

Landscape at Stanton Street

1971 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,375.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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