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Rago Arts and Auctions: Photographic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection | Total Sales (USD) | 940,595.00 |
| Auction Date | February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 845,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #21226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,180,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 46 | ||
| Sold Lots | 44.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 862,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 95.65% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,204,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 78.10% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | William Eggleston b.1939 | Memphis (Tricycle) |
c.1970 / printed 1980 | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 152,400.00 |
| 121 | Felix Gonzalez-Torres 1957--1996 | "Untitled" (Bloomie's) |
1991 | USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 127,000.00 |
| 108 | Robert Frank 1924--2019 | New Orleans (Trolley) |
1955 / likely printed before 1972 | USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 114,300.00 |
| 123 | Gregory Crewdson b.1962 | Untitled (Blind Reflection) (from the Beneath the Roses series) |
2007 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 132 | Andres Serrano b.1950 | Black Supper I-V |
1991 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 101 | Edward Steichen 1879--1973 | Douglass Lighters (for J. Walter Thompson) |
1926 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 100 | Madame Yevonde (Yevonde Middleton) 1893--1975 | Metis |
c.1935 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 29,210.00 |
| 124 | Irving Penn 1917--2009 | Watercolor Palette, New York |
USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 | |
| 115 | Larry Sultan 1946--2009 | My Mother Posing for Me |
1984 / printed later | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 128 | Thomas Struth b.1954 | Las Vegas 1 |
1999 / printed 2000 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 134 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 | Fox Theatre, Detroit, Mich. |
1978 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 119 | Robert Mapplethorpe 1946--1989 | Blue Rose |
1987 / printed 1988 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 127 | Richard Misrach b.1949 | Untitled |
2002 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 112 | Thomas Demand b.1964 | Bullion |
2003 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 136 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 | U.A. Walker |
1979 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 17,160.00 |
| 133 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 | Alhambra, San Francisco |
1992 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 113 | Philip-Lorca diCorcia | Head #3 |
2000 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 135 | Hiroshi Sugimoto b.1948 | Orinda Theater, Orinda |
1992 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 117 | Nan Goldin b.1953 | Self-Portrait on Bridge at Golden River at Silver Hill |
1998 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 125 | Candida Hofer b.1944 | Bibliothek Madrid I |
2000 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 142 | Julius Shulman 1910--2009 | Case Study House #22 (Two Girls), Los Angeles, California (Pierre Koenig) |
1960 / printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 110 | Saul Leiter 1923--2013 | Taxi |
1957 / printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 116 | Cindy Sherman b.1954 | Untitled #333 |
1999 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 122 | Edward Burtynsky b.1955 | Nickel Tailings #32, Sudbury, Ontario |
1996 / printed 2001 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 139 | Doug and Mike Starn b.1961 | Structure of Thought #15 |
2001-04 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
