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Rago Arts and Auctions: Photographs

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Auction Name Photographs Total Sales (USD) 607,037.00
Auction Date July 31, 2025 - July 31, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 421,300.00
Sale Number #73125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 610,700.00
Total Lots 223
Sold Lots 214.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 459,300.00
% of Lots Sold 95.96% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 664,700.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 91.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
266 Lewis Baltz 1945--2014

Nevada Portfolio

 1977 / printed 1978 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 35,560.00
110 Nick Brandt b.1964

Lion Before Storm V

 2006 USD 16,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 30,480.00
109 Alfred Eisenstaedt 1898--1995

Children at the Puppet Theater, Paris

 1963 / printed 1994 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,860.00
172 Andreas Gursky b.1955

Huhner, Krefeld Chickens

 1989 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,970.00
192 Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons b.1959

The Calling II (diptych)

 2004 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,700.00
191 Dawoud Bey b.1953

Alex and Sarah

 1995 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,795.00
254 Robert F. Sargent 1923--2012

Into the Jaws of Death, June 6, 1944; French Coast Dead Ahead (two works)

 1944 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,795.00
173 John Houck b.1977

Untitled #332 390,624 combinations of a 2x2 grid, 24 colors (from the Aggregates series)

 2014 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,160.00
174 Chris McCaw b.1971

Sunburned GSP #551 (Mojave)

 2012 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,525.00
169 Friedrich Kunath b.1974

Collection of five photographs

 2003-11 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,890.00
111 Ansel Adams 1902--1984

Oak Tree, Rain, Sonoma County, California

 c.1960 / printed c.1975 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,255.00
219 Fergus Greer b.1961

Leigh Bowery: Session IV/Look 22, August 1991

 1991 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 8,255.00
107 Robert Frank 1924--2019

Mary and Andrea on Third Avenue, NYC

 1955 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,620.00
117 Toshio Shibata b.1949

Kawauchi Town, Ehime Prefecture

 1998 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,620.00
162 Nancy Burson b.1948

Untitled

 c.1988 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 6,985.00
128 Ruth Bernhard 1905--2006

Perspective II

 1967 / printed later USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,715.00
221 Fergus Greer b.1961

Leigh Bowery: Session I/Look 1, November 1988

 1988 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,715.00
307 Imogen Cunningham 1883--1976

Frida Kahlo

 1931 / printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,715.00
230 William Eggleston b.1939

Untitled (Upside down chair, Mexico)

 2001 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,334.00
178 Tom Baril b.1952

Martinique

 1995 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,080.00
205 Alec Soth, Hank Willis Thomas and Hiroshi Watanabe

Bull City Summer Limited Edition Portfolio

 2013 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,080.00
231 William Eggleston b.1939

Untitled

 c.1973 / printed 2007 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,080.00
196 Sally Mann b.1951

Untitled (from the Elton John AIDS Foundation Photography Portfolio I)

 1998 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,016.00
123 Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948

Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea; Sea of Japan, Hokkaido; South Pacific Ocean, Tearai (three works from the Time Exposed portfolio)

 1980-91 / printed 1991 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,826.00
146 Abelardo Morell b.1948

Camera Obscura Image of Santa Maria della Salute in Palazzo Bedroom

 2006 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,826.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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