Auction Reports
Rago Arts and Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
- Auction Date
- 06/10/2025 - 06/10/2025
- Sale Number
- #61025
- Total Lots
- 129
- Sold Lots
- 128
- Lots Sold
- 99.22%
- Unsold Lots
- 1
- Total Sales (USD)
- 584,443.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 377,200.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 536,600.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 378,200.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 538,100.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 108.61%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons b.1959 follow artist | Abridor de Caminos (The One Who Opens the Path) |
1997 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 116,840.00 |
| 131 | Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons b.1959 follow artist | De Las Dos Aguas (Of the Two Waters) |
2007 | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 107,950.00 |
| 157 | Ansel Adams 1902--1984 follow artist | Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, CA |
1944 / printed later | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 137 | Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons b.1959 follow artist | Susurro (Whispers) (diptych) |
1997 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 101 | Dawoud Bey b.1953 follow artist | Untitled (triptych) |
1992 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 117 | Dawoud Bey b.1953 follow artist | Toyia, Kelvin, and Erica |
1994 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 132 | Karel Appel 1921--2006 follow artist | No. 5215 (from the Titan Series) |
1988 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 112 | Richard Hamilton 1922--2011 follow artist | Untitled |
c. 1980 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 108 | Sarah Moon b.1941 follow artist | Stockings |
1997 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 145 | Robert Cumming b.1943 follow artist | Easy Analogy |
1979 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 126 | Sarah Moon b.1941 follow artist | Central Park |
1994 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 120 | Dawoud Bey b.1953 follow artist | Parris, Walida, and Mike: Phillips Academy students, Boston, MA (triptych) |
1992 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 189 | Masahisa Fukase 1934--2012 | A Game: Lips and Needles |
1983 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 114 | Richard Hamilton 1922--2011 follow artist | Instant Painting |
1980 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 181 | Jim Goldberg b.1953 follow artist | Untitled |
1985-86 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 128 | Dawoud Bey b.1953 follow artist | Two boys on Carrollsburg Place |
1989 / printed 1990 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 109 | Timothy Greenfield-Sanders b.1952 follow artist | David Wojnarowicz |
1991 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 130 | Dawoud Bey b.1953 follow artist | Untitled |
1993 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 195 | Sheila Metzner b.1939 follow artist | Mouille Prototype (from the One of a Kind series) |
1986 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 121 | Barbara Kasten b.1936 follow artist | Construct PC/2-A |
1981 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
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