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Work by Paul Evans, George Nakashima, and George Ohr Among Highlights of Rago’s June 8th-9th Auctions
Released: May 20, 2013Other top lots by Martin Brothers, Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, Felix Agostini, Grueby and Gustav Stickley Lambertville, NJ On Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th, the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold its auctions of Early 20th Century Decorative Arts and Modern Design. “The June action Saturday session features 30 works by George Ohr from the Ellison collection plus some extraordinary Martin ware from the same source,” says David Rago. “Additionally there are strong examples of American decorative ceramics by Rhead, Redlands, Newcomb College, and Gr...
Teco Vase Sells for $212,500 and Wharton Esherick Sideboard Sells for $118,750 in Rago’s $5.3 Million 20th C. Design Auctions, March 2 and 3
Released: March 6, 2013Rago Arts and Auction Center's 20th /21st C. Design sale achieved $5.3 million on March 2 and 3, 2013. "The market has been coming back steadily since the thin days of 2009, but at no point prior to this sale has the middle market been remotely buoyant," says David Rago. "This was a surprisingly solid auction, particularly the middle range, which not only sold at its highest percentage in years but also consistently hammering at or above estimate ranges. The sale for all three sessions averaged 85% sold and the total sale, including buyer's premium, hit the high estimate." ...
Work by Wharton Esherick, Judy Mckie, Sam Maloof, Silas Kopf and Wendell Castle Among Highlights of Rago’s March 2nd-3rd Auctions
Released: February 12, 2013Other top lots by Martin Brothers, Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, Frederick Rhead, Felix Agostini, George Ohr, Mira Nakashima, Otto and Gertrud Natzler, and Viktor Schreckengost. On Saturday March 2nd and Sunday March 3rd, the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold its auctions of Early 20th Century Decorative Arts and Modern Design. Early 20th C. Decorative Arts: Saturday, March 2, 11 AM Art Pottery, Furniture, Art Glass, Metalwork and Prints in 400 lots: Ceramics by Teco, Tiffany, Charles Binns, Newcomb College and Rookwood, plus an exceptional selection of grotesque to...
Rago’s Hosts Auction Open House on February 28 Featuring a Talk by Mira Nakashima
Released: January 31, 2013"Nakashima: A Design Survey” discusses the evolution of the Nakashima workshop, from George Nakashima’s early work in Japan, India, Seattle, the camp in Minidoka, Idaho to Raymond Farm and the first shop in New Hope. She will describe the Krosnick fire replacement project in 1990, with a postscript about the work taking place at the Nakashima workshop under Mira’s direction today. George Nakashima (1905-1990) is one of the 20th century’s master craftsmen, whose works in wood are prized internationally and whose philosophy of design continues and evolves today...
Rago's Announces Winter/Spring 2013 Auction Schedule
Released: January 2, 2013Lambertville, NJ: Rago Arts and Auction Center announces their auction schedule for winter/spring 2013. Rago Unreserved (Formerly Discovery): January 12 and 13, 2013 Everything goes in this no reserve sale - over 1400 lots of what's desirable, useful, interesting and most affordable. Original and vintage art, furnishings, tableware, Asian, collectibles, books and ephemera, ethnographic property, a large selection of Early 20th Century property, vintage 20th Century Modern design including furniture, lighting rugs, pottery, glass, p...
Rago's Sets All Time Record for Arts & Crafts Movement Design Sold at Auction
Released: November 5, 2012TILE PANEL WITH PEACOCK BY FREDERICK HURTEN RHEAD FOR UNIVERSITY CITY REALIZES $637,500. “Hurricane Sandy, bearing down on us, made only slightly more noise than the results of the auction,” says David Rago. “The sale grossed $6.6 mil and the market, especially for high end Arts and Crafts, was very, very solid. The Rhead tile gets the headlines but many records were broken for a number of American potteries. The Forbes sale was strong almost right across the board, hammering right in the middle of the estimate range.” The Rhead tile sale topples the auction ...
American Arts and Crafts from Christopher Forbes’ Colorado Retreat Among Treasures to Auction at Rago’s Three Day 20th C. Design Sale, October 26-28
Released: October 12, 2012Over 1,650 lots of property from the 20th-21st century, including rare Roycroft from the home of Christopher Forbes; a full day dedicated to pottery and glass; important Modern design. Previews begin October 20th. Lambertville, NJ: On October 26-28 the Rago Arts and Auction Center will auction a significant collection of 20th-21st century furnishings and decorative arts. Among the more than 1,650 lots are Roycroft furnishings, lighting and metal ware, pottery, Navajo rugs and more from the Colorado home of Christopher Forbes. On Friday, October 26 at noon, a full afternoon ...
Rago Arts and Auction Center - Fall 2012 Auction Schedule
Released: July 26, 2012Rago Arts and Auction Center - Fall 2012 Auction Schedule. Discovery: September 14 and 15, 2012, 11 a.m. Everything goes in Rago's Discovery sale, where all lots are unreserved. Friday's sale includes original and vintage art, furnishings, tableware, Asian, collectibles, books and ephemera, ethnographic property. Saturday's sale is all 20th century: early and modern design, including furniture, lighting rugs, pottery, glass, painting, prints, photography. The high bid, no matter how low, takes it home. (Previews begin Septe...
Christopher Forbes Will Auction His Collection of American Arts and Crafts at Rago’s
Released: June 27, 2012Roycroft furnishings, lighting and metal ware, pottery, Navajo rugs and more from his Colorado retreat. Christopher Forbes has chosen Rago’s for the sale of a collection of Roycroft furnishings and metal ware, as well as other property from his two houses in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The auction is on October 27, 2012. The catalogue will be available online and in print in early October. “Kip Forbes has been buying furniture, lighting, and accessories made by the Roycroft Community circa 1900 – 1915 for over three decades,” said David Rago. “I’ve had th...
Frederick Hurten Rhead, Agnes Rhead, University City, Enamel-Decorated Vessel Sells for $150,000 in Rago’s $4.74 Million June 20th/21st C. Design Auction
Released: June 22, 2012“The five Modern auctions that preceded ours the week of our sale were mostly strong, but there were some soft spots in European furniture and Tiffany,” said David Rago. “Our sale had soft spots, too, but did pretty much as we had hoped, in spite of $20 million having been taken out of the market before our first hammer fell. And it was Father's Day." Rago Arts and Auction Center’s 20th /21st C. Design sale: $4.74 million, June 16 and 17, 2012. · Bidders in-house: 90 · ...
Rago's Announces a 20th /21st Century Design Auction on June 16-17
Released: May 23, 20121,100 lots of exceptional property, including pottery by Saturday Evening Girls; lighting by Tiffany; studio furniture by Nakashima; glass by Zynsky and Chihuly and much more. Previews begin June 9th. On Saturday, June 16 and Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 11 a.m., the Rago Arts and Auction Center will auction an impressive collection of 20th century furnishings and decorative arts. Among the 1,100 lots are hard-to-find and one-of-a-kind pieces, many coming to us straight from the artists or craftsmen themselves. Day one of the sale consists of Arts & Crafts pottery and furni...
Rago's February 20th/21st C. Design Sale Brings $5.12 Million. William Price/Rose Valley Community Trestle Table Sells for $237,500.
Released: March 2, 2012RAGO’S FEBRUARY 20TH/21ST C. DESIGN SALE BRINGS $5.12 MILLION. WILLIAM PRICE/ROSE VALLEY COMMUNITY TRESTLE TABLE SELLS FOR $237,500. NAKASHIMA COFFEE TABLE SELLS FOR $87,500. Lambertville, NJ Rago Arts and Auction Center’s 20th /21st C. Design sale: $5.12 million, February 25 and 26, 2012. · Bidders in-house: 231 · Bidders on phone: 373 · Bidders online: 575 (Early 20th C....
Rago's Achieves a Record $237,500 for Sale of American Arts & Crafts Table from Rose Valley
Released: March 1, 2012On Saturday, February 25, a record was set for work from the Arts and Crafts colony Rose Valley when a large trestle table sold at the Rago Arts and Auction Center for $237,500 against an estimate of $30,000-40,000. The buyer is a private collector. "The Rose Valley table is truly a treasure - ," said Brock Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts at Winterthur Museum, "one of the very best statements of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America." Some of the finest decorative arts of the American Arts and Crafts Movement were created in utopian communities in the Northeast at ...
Rago's Announces 20th /21st Century Design Auction on February 25-26
Released: February 9, 2012On Saturday, February 25, and Sunday, February 26, 2012, at 11 a.m., the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold its first auction of 20th C. Design for the year, with over 1350 lots of exceptional property from private collections, museums and directly from the artists and their families. Previews begin February 18th. The auction kicks off on Saturday with Early 20th C. Design. Featured is the collection of Mr. Peter Renzetti, master blacksmith, which includes some of the finest Philadelphia Arts and Crafts ironwork to come to market in recent years. Also featured are for...
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