# Leslie Darrell Ragan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T20:11:55.030Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 167
- Lots with prices: 125
- First auction date: 2004-02-05
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-12
- Median realised price: $2,000
- Price range: $20 to $25,000

## Market Takeaway
Leslie Darrell Ragan shows deep auction liquidity with 167 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,000 and $5,520.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 24.8% (31 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 63.2% (79 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12% (15 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 21
- Recent 12 months median: $2,000
- Previous 12 months median: $593
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-12
- Days since latest sale: 129
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 118 lots
- Poster Auctions International Inc: 13 lots
- Bruce Teleky Inc.: 8 lots
- Fairhill Auction LLC: 5 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Lion and Unicorn: 2 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-24 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). THE NEW 20TH CENTURY LIMITED / NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM. 1939. 40¾x26¾ inches, 103½x68 cm. Latham Litho. Co., | Swann Auction Galleries | $21,250
2. 2025-01-05 | Leslie Ragan, Lithograph, Chicago New York Central Lines | Lion and Unicorn | $80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leslie-ragan-lithograph-chicago-new-york-central-lines-70-c-79f4915b3b
3. 2024-10-10 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). RAILROADS ON PARADE / NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. 1939. 40½x27¼ inches, 102¾x69¼ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leslie-ragan-1897-1972-railroads-on-parade-new-york-world-s-fair-1939-401-2x271-4-inches-1023-4x691-4-cm-147-c-0c24f6aab0
4. 2024-10-10 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). THE NEW 20TH CENTURY LIMITED / NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM. 1939. 40¼x26 inches, 102¼x66 cm. Latham Litho. Co., L | Swann Auction Galleries | $23,750
5. 2016-10-27 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). THE NEW 20TH CENTURY LIMITED. 1939. 40x27 inches, 103x68 cm. Latham Litho Co., Long Island City. | Swann Auction Galleries | $15,000
6. 2012-11-08 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). THE NEW 20TH CENTURY LIMITED. 1939. 40x26 inches, 101x68 cm. Latham Litho Co, New York. | Swann Auction Galleries | $14,400
7. 2025-10-12 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\) 'United \- The United Nations Fight For Freedom', original 1943 colour poster, the artist's name at lower left in the plate, published by the United States Office of War Information, 103 x 71cm. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | N/A
8. 2025-07-22 | Leslie Ragan, Union Terminal Cleveland / New York Central | Poster Auctions International Inc | $1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leslie-ragan-union-terminal-cleveland-new-york-central-320-c-4c445c9a7b
9. 2025-05-22 | Leslie Ragan \(1897\-1972\); The New 20th Century Limited; | Bonhams | $7,500
10. 2025-03-05 | Leslie Ragan, New York Central / The Century in the Highlands of the Hudson | Poster Auctions International Inc | $2,000
11. 2025-02-20 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM. Three calendars. 1950s. 27½x18 inches, 69¾x45¾ cm. Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
12. 2024-11-15 | Leslie Ragan \(American, 1897\-1972\) 'The New 20th Century Limited' New York Central System Poster, H 40.5" W 26.5" | DuMouchelles | $8,500
13. 2024-11-12 | Leslie Ragan, Free a Man to Fight | Poster Auctions International Inc | N/A
14. 2024-11-12 | Leslie Ragan, Free a Man to Fight | Poster Auctions International Inc | $1,700
15. 2024-10-30 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897–1972\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £2,000
16. 2024-10-13 | Leslie Ragan, Lithograph, Chicago New York Central Lines | Lion and Unicorn | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leslie-ragan-lithograph-chicago-new-york-central-lines-353-c-c994d0387c
17. 2024-10-10 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM / THE NEW EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS PASSING WEST POINT. Calendar back. 1942. 21x16 inches, | Swann Auction Galleries | $593
18. 2024-10-10 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). \[NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM / THE HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON\]. Oil maquette. Circa 1943. 35¾x29¾ inches, 90¾x75½ cm | Swann Auction Galleries | $20,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leslie-ragan-1897-1972-new-york-central-system-the-highlands-of-the-hudson-oil-maquette-circa-1943-353-4x293-4-inches-903-4x751-2-cm-146-c-8f94706833
19. 2024-10-10 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). WORLD'S FIRST STREAMLINED STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. Gouache maquette. Circa 1934. 38x24 inches, 96½x61 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
20. 2024-10-10 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\). THE NEW UNION TERMINAL / CLEVELAND. 1930. 41x27 inches, 104x68½ cm. Latham Litho & Ptg Co., Long Island City | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,750
21. 2024-09-26 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\) New York / The Upper Bay from Lower Manhattan. 1935. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
22. 2024-09-26 | LESLIE RAGAN \(1897\-1972\) The Scenic Route to New York World's Fair / New York Central System. 1939. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
23. 2024-07-06 | Leslie Ragan \- Vintage Advertising Poster | Bruce Teleky Inc. | N/A
24. 2024-07-03 | NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD POSTER BY LESLIE RAGAN | Fairhill Auction LLC | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-new-york-central-railroad-poster-by-leslie-ragan-727-c-1b64e0d9d6

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