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Rago Arts and Auctions: Toomey's: Great Estates

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Auction Name Toomey's: Great Estates Total Sales (USD) 21,844.00
Auction Date August 01, 2024 - August 01, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 19,500.00
Sale Number #80124 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 30,500.00
Total Lots 18
Sold Lots 16 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 22,000.00
% of Lots Sold 88.89% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 34,500.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 63.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
349 Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861

Minamoto Yorimitsu (Raiko) ko no yakata ni tsuchigumo yokai o nasu zu (triptych)

c. 1843 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,710.00
182 Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) 1918-1986

about the resurrection

1962 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,620.00
110 Hendrick Goltzius 1558-1617

Calphurnius (from the Roman Heroes series)

c. 1586 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,386.00
108 Hendrick Goltzius 1558-1617

Titus Manlius Torquatus (from the Roman Heroes series)

c. 1586 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,097.00
378 Japanese

Four works: woodblock in colors; etching; woodblock in colors with hand-coloring

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 852.00
102 Owen Jones 1809-1874

The Grammar of Ornament

1856 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 819.00
373 Japanese

Six works: woodcut in colors with hand-coloring; lithograph in colors

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 655.00
172 Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) 1918-1986

e eye love (from the circus alphabet series)

1968 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 645.00
180 Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) 1918-1986

earth as a sign

1962 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 590.00
176 Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) 1918-1986

q elephant's q (from the circus alphabet series)

1968 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 581.00
178 Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) 1918-1986

third eye

1969 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 524.00
170 Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) 1918-1986

crazy enough

1968 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 516.00
371 Japanese

Seven works: woodblock in colors with watercolor

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 459.00
343 Achille Mauzan 1883-1952

Bayer Cafiaspirina poster

c. 1930 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 262.00
240 Roycroft

Collection of books and periodicals

1902-1927 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 65.00
138 After George Morland

Five works

1788-1803 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 63.00
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