Rago Arts and Auctions: Great Estates
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Great Estates | Total Sales (USD) | 27,784.00 |
| Auction Date | February 26, 2025 - February 26, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 18,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #22625 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 27,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 28 | ||
| Sold Lots | 25 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 23,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.29% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 34,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 3 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 81.24% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 199 | Yan Shengsun 1623--1702 | Calligraphy portfolio |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,880.00 | |
| 237 | Al Hirschfeld 1903--2003 | Abe Hirschfeld |
1988 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,905.00 |
| 236 | George Hurrell 1904--1992 | Hurrell Portfolio III |
1938 / printed 1979 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,778.00 |
| 223 | Michael Parkes b.1944 | Cosi fan tutte |
1986 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 327 | Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967 |
2009 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,270.00 | |
| 169 | Michael Parkes b.1944 | Puppetmaster |
1984 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 260 | Frank Lloyd Wright 1867--1959 | Plates from the Wasmuth Portfolio |
1911 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 270 | Peter Beard: Volume I |
2006 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,080.00 | |
| 317 | Walter Till 1880--1930 | Ireland, Great Southern Rys travel poster (two works) |
c. 1925 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 792.00 |
| 325 | Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967 |
2009 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 762.00 | |
| 120 | Ernst EmilSchlatter 1883--1954 | Elektr. Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug (Schweiz) travel poster |
c. 1914 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 635.00 |
| 275 | Omar Khayyam 1048--1131 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
1910 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 635.00 |
| 137 | John Speed 1552--1629 | Map of Province of Ulster |
c. 1610 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 462.00 |
| 114 | American | For Extra Days in Florida Take the Train travel poster |
c. 1945 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 445.00 |
| 331 | Visionaire. Six issues |
c. 2000 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 445.00 | |
| 329 | The Making of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey |
2014 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 305 | Mary Golay 1869--1944 | Le reveil du jour |
c. 1899 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 264.00 |
| 307 | Eugene Grasset 1841--1917 | The Seasons calendar for La Belle Jardiniere |
1904 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 254.00 |
| 330 | After Andy Warhol | Campbell's Tomato Soup Can (two works) |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 254.00 | |
| 239 | Otl Aicher 1922--1991 | Munich 1972 Olympics poster (three works) |
1972 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 198.00 |
| 301 | William P. Welsh 1889--1984 | Pullman travel poster |
c. 1935 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 198.00 |
| 189 | Ferdinand Kobell 1740--1799 | Travelers with Knapsacks |
18th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 191.00 |
| 332 | Herbert Migdoll b.1944 | The Joffrey Ballet poster (two works) |
c. 1984 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 132.00 |
| 126 | Luigi Rossini 1790--1857 | Veduta della Gran Mole Adriana, e Ponte Elio in oggi Ponte e Castel St Angelo |
1821 / c. 1825 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 127.00 |
| 333 | United Nations poster |
c. 1965 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 64.00 |
