Rago Arts and Auctions: Photographs
Auction Reports
| 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 | 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>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
