Ragos November Fine Art sale realized $3,430,969 across two days, Friday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9. The highest selling lot of the weekend came from Fridays Post War + Contemporary Art sale; lot 135, an untitled ink on poster board rendering of the classic Crawling Baby by Keith Haring that sold for $117,500 against a high estimate of $50,000. Other works by Haring also fared admirably in the sale, including lot 136, a womens leather jacket featuring a drawing and signature by the artist which sold for $6,875 and lot 137, a wooden paddle also sporting a drawing and artists signature, which sold for $10,625. Other highlights from Post War + Contemporary Art include: lot 190, Joseph Cornell`s mixed media box construction Grand Hotel-Hotel Taglioni from the Collection of Allan Stone which sold for $106,250; lot 32, an untitled Ribbon Painting by Carl Holty that vaulted past its
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