Auction Reports
Rago Arts and Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Photographs
- Auction Date
- 05/01/2025 - 05/01/2025
- Sale Number
- #50125
- Total Lots
- 130
- Sold Lots
- 119
- Lots Sold
- 91.54%
- Unsold Lots
- 11
- Total Sales (USD)
- 251,162.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 209,700.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 313,100.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 241,800.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 361,500.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 69.48%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 | Untitled (Vanity) (from the Beneath the Roses series) |
2004 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 122 | Vik Muniz b.1961 | Horse (from the Monad series) |
2003 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 110 | Larry Clark b.1943 | Tulsa |
1968-71 / printed 1972 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 116 | Diane Arbus 1923--1971 | A Naked Man Being a Woman |
1968 / printed 1972 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 169 | James Casebere b.1953 | Turning Hallway |
2003 / printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 103 | Nan Goldin b.1953 | Piotr Taking His AIDS Medication, Berlin |
1996 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 128 | Elger Esser b.1967 | Cutting Wharf II (from the Six American Sunsets series) |
2008 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 129 | Edward Burtynsky b.1955 | Nickel Tailings #30, Sudbury, Ontario |
1996 / printed 1998 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 105 | Richard Pettibone 1938--2024 | Helmut Newton, Two Models My Studio, Paris |
1974 / printed 1980 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 109 | William Eggleston b.1939 | White Plains, Blue Sky |
1978 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 193 | Allan Grant 1919--2008 | Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn Backstage at the Academy Awards |
1955 / printed 2001 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 107 | William Eggleston b.1939 | Untitled (Bar, American Flags, Memphis, Tennessee) |
2001 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 118 | Diane Arbus 1923--1971 | A Child Crying, N.J. 1967 |
1967 / printed 1972 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 148 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 | Untitled (Woman Planting in Road) |
1996 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 179 | Ruth Bernhard 1905--2006 | Configuration S.F. |
1962 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 120 | William Eggleston b.1939 | Untitled |
c. 1973 / printed 2007 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 139 | Philippe Halsman 1906--1979 | Warhol |
1968 / printed 1989 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 101 | Victor Obsatz 1925--2019 | Portrait No. 29 (Double Exposure: Full Face and Profile), Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 1953 |
1953 / printed later | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 117 | Diane Arbus 1923--1971 | Untitled (27) |
1970-71 / printed 1990 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,302.00 |
| 165 | Sam Taylor-Wood b.1967 | XV Seconds |
2000 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,302.00 |
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![<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://ae-files.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.")
