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Rago Arts and Auctions: Toomeys: Prints and Multiples

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Auction Name Toomeys: Prints and Multiples Total Sales (USD) 349,264.00
Auction Date July 24, 2024 - July 24, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 227,500.00
Sale Number #72424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 330,050.00
Total Lots 290
Sold Lots 251 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 266,800.00
% of Lots Sold 86.55% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 384,450.00
Unsold Lots 39 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
223 Salvador Dali 1904--1989

St. George and the Dragon

1947 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,960.00
141 Paul Landacre 1893--1963

Children's Carnival

1946 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 12,600.00
105 Diego Rivera 1886--1957

Desnudo sentado con brazos levantados (Frida Kahlo)

1930 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,445.00
152 Milton Avery 1893--1965

Beach Birds

1954 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 9,450.00
181 Rembrandt van Rijn 1606--1669

Saint Jerome Kneeling in Prayer, Looking Down

1635 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 9,450.00
303 Mauricio Lasansky 1914--2012

Boy with Burro

1970-71 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,515.00
308 Mauricio Lasansky 1914--2012

Lincoln

1985 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,515.00
112 Elizabeth Catlett 1915--2012

Domestic Worker

1946 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,190.00
101 Thomas Hart Benton 1889--1975

Wreck of the Ol' 97

1944 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,300.00
206 Alexander Calder 1898--1976

Lune rouge et soleil noir

1970 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,300.00
109 Howard Norton Cook 1901--1980

George Washington Bridge with "B"

1931 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,048.00
192 After Pablo Picasso

La danse du berger

1959 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,048.00
102 Thomas Hart Benton 1889--1975

The Farmer's Daughter

1944 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,788.00
204 Alexander Calder 1898--1976

Quilt

1966 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,788.00
113 Romare Bearden 1911--1988

Morning (Carolina Morning)

1979 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,032.00
346 Sol LeWitt 1928--2007

Uneven Circle (from the Doctors of the World portfolio)

2001 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,032.00
166 Alexander Archipenko 1887--1964

Bathers

1950 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 3,780.00
187 Lyonel Feininger 1871--1956

Rainy Day on the Beach

1918 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,780.00
155 Norman Rockwell 1894--1978

Two works from the Puppy Love portfolio

1975 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,276.00
188 Emil Nolde 1867--1956

Geschwister (Jorgen og Grete)

1922 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,276.00
312 Mauricio Lasansky 1914--2012

The Artist and His Wife Emilia Barragan

1994 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,144.00
131 Howard Norton Cook 1901--1980

Tio Vivo #2

1949 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,024.00
103 Thomas Hart Benton 1889--1975

Slow Train Through Arkansas

1941 / 1942 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,838.00
108 Howard Norton Cook 1901--1980

Looking up Broadway (Lower Broadway)

1937 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,772.00
199 Georges Braque 1882--1963

Les liseron vert (from Lettera amorosa by Rene Char)

1963 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,772.00
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