Lot 113 · Prints + Multiples
The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story (from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges series)
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- Estimate
- $18,000–$24,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Rago — Prints + Multiples, Lambertville · 1 June 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-962957
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Stella, The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story (from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges series). Rago, 1 Jun 2023, lot 113. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-962957.
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Frank Stella, The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story (from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges series). Rago, 1 Jun 2023, lot 113. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-962957.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Life Savers (from the Ads portfolio) | Andy Warhol | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Crak! | Roy Lichtenstein | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| Cross Hatch | Jasper Johns | $2,000–$3,000 | |
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| Late July I (from the Ten Lithographs by Ten Artists portfolio) | Alex Katz | $3,000–$5,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Stella | The Battering Ram, from Moby Dick Deckle Edges | $21,250 | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2026 | |
| Frank Stella | Untitled | Doyle, Apr 2026 | ||
| Frank Stella | „Jonah Historically Regarded“ (Dome), aus der Serie: „Moby D | Grisebach, Nov 2025 | ||
| Frank Stella | Talladega Three III, from Circuits (Axsom 137) | SBI Art Auction, Jan 2025 | ||
| Frank Stella | Feneralia, from Imaginary Places (Axsom 228) | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Frank Stella | Del Mar, from Race Track Series | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Frank Stella | Sinjerli Variation with Colored Ground IA (A. 130) | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Frank Stella | Jundapur | Rago, May 2021 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.