• Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
  • Doyle, June 20: CLAUDE MCKA. Home to Harlem. New York: Harpers, 1928. First edition. $700 to $1,000.
    Doyle, June 20: Haydn's VI Original Canzonettas, signed by the composer. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, June 20: A rare EP sleeve inscribed by John Lennon. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 20: An extremely rare 1961 concert set list and autograph letter from The King. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 20: Bryan Batt's copy of the Mad Men Yearbook, 2008-2014. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 20: An original Al Hirschfeld depicting comedian Fred Allen. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 20: A signed note from George Gershwin with reference to Porgy and Bess. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 20: An original Harold Arlen manuscript musical quotation from "Over the Rainbow.” $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 20: A fine original Edith Head sketch for Grace Kelly's wedding trousseau. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 20: The poster for New Faces with inscriptions and the signature of Eartha Kitt. $200 to $300.
    Doyle, June 20: The classic "Jazz" Bowl by Viktor Schreckengost for Cowan Pottery. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, June 20: Tony Award Medallion won for "Kismet." $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's personalized Sweeney Todd asylum coat and jacket. $400 to $600.
    Doyle, June 18: Twelve Posters for Stephen Sondheim Musicals. $400 to $600.
    Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's Gold Record for the soundtrack to West Side Story. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 18: A manuscript musical quotation from Passion. The quotation headed "Tranquillo" above the music, the lyrics are also written out: "lov-ing you is not a choice, it's who I am..." 11 x 14 inches. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's retained set of The Sondheim Review. Comprising a complete run of Volume 1, Number 1 (Summer 1994) to Volume XXI, Number 4 (Fall 2015). $500 to $800.
    Doyle, June 18: Five amusing Victorian-era game boards, including Snakes and Ladders. $200 to $300.
    Doyle, June 18: A cased tabletop croquet set and two horse racing games. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 18: Four Posters Related to Various Sondheim Productions. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 18: The rare first American edition of The Phantom of the Opera. $100 to $200.

Rago Arts and Auctions: Photographs, 30824, Van Nuys, CA

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 08, 2024 - March 08, 2024
Page Size: 201 items in 9 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
250 Bruce Davidson b.1933

Welsh Miners

1965/printed 1982 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,386.00
251 Pentti Sammallahti b.1950

Cilento, Italy

1999 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
252 Robert Doisneau 1912--1994

Untitled (Taking Photograph)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 315.00
253 Robert Doisneau 1912--1994

La derniere valse du 14 Juilliet

1949/printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,024.00
254 Andre Kertesz 1894--1985

Untitled (New York Rooftop)

1973 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,197.00
255 Minor White 1908--1976

Lighthouse and Wood, Multiple Image, Maine

1970 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,032.00
256 Garry Winogrand 1928--1984

Central Park Zoo, New York (from the Fifteen Photographs portfolio)

1967/printed 1974 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
257 Garry Winogrand 1928--1984

Coney Island, New York (from the Fifteen Photographs portfolio)

1952/printed 1974 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,179.00
258 Lee Friedlander b.1934

Madison, Wisconsin

1966/printed c.1970s USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,192.00
259 Garry Winogrand 1928--1984

Untitled (On a Boat)

1969 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,386.00
260 Garry Winogrand 1928--1984

Untitled (New York City)

1966 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,764.00
261 Lee Friedlander b.1934

Albuquerque

1972 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,502.00
262 Jack Manning 1921--2001

CORE Demonstrators in Manhattan

1965/printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 315.00
263 Lee Friedlander b.1934

Shadow, New York City

1966/printed c.1970s USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
264 Jack Delano 1914--1997

In the County Jail, Greene County, Georgia

1941/printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 630.00
265 Charles Gatewood 1942--2016

Mardi Gras (Legs)

1967/printed 1981 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 252.00
266 Danny Lyon b.1942

Crossing the Ohio, Louisville

1966/printed later USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,528.00
267 George A. Tice b.1938

Country Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1961/printed 2015 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,780.00
268 Charles Gatewood 1942--2016

Tattooed Sullivan

1978/printed 1981 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 252.00
269 Mark Cohen b.1943

Girl Holding Popsicle (from the Portfolio of 10 Photographs 1971-1981)

1972/printed 1980 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,394.00
270 Roger Minick b.1944

Freeway Rain (from the New California Views, 1979 portfolio)

1977/printed 1979 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 819.00
271 Brett Weston 1911--1993

Untitled (Abstraction)

1975 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,134.00
272 Brett Weston 1911--1993

Stairway with Broom, New York

1944/printed c.1970s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 721.00
273 Max Yavno 1911--1985

Watts, CA

1977 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 567.00
274 Max Yavno 1911--1985

Children Playing

1947/printed c.1970s USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 882.00
  • Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
    London auction, 11 June
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    Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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