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Rago Arts and Auctions: Post War & Contemporary Ary
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Post War & Contemporary Ary | Total Sales (USD) | 90,624.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 14, 2026 - May 14, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 80,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #51426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 124,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 14 | ||
| Sold Lots | 9.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 320,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 64.29% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 484,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 5 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 18.72% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 277 | Joe Bradley (b.1975) | Untitled (Human Form) (diptych) |
2011 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 |
| 301 | Julian Opie (b.1958) | Gary, pop star (with beads) |
1999 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 273 | Marilyn Minter (b.1948) | Drip Drop |
2017 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 341 | Sam Durant (b.1961) | Another World Is Possible |
2022 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 325 | The Bruce High Quality Foundation | Hooverville |
2011 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 339 | Thomas Hirschhorn (b.1957) | Lay out no. 6 |
1993 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,376.00 |
| 294 | Tracey Moffatt (b.1960) | Scarred for Life |
1994 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 |
| 282 | Paul Cadmus (1904–1999) | Chuck Howard, Fire Island |
c. 1950 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 284 | Paul Cadmus (1904–1999) | Jack Fontan, Cherry Grove, Fire Island |
1950 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
