OPEN HOUSE AT RAGO AUCTIONS FEATURES PANEL PRESENTATION, “OUT WITH THE OLD – IN WITH THE NEW YEAR” ON JANUARY 13

Lambertville, NJ: Join Rago for an informative panel on reorganizing your clutter and creating a more harmonious and efficient living space. The panel features professional organizer Ellen Tozzi, as well as Rago specialists Frank Maraschiello and Chris Wise. They will share advice about how to move along items that are unnecessary to your life as quickly, usefully, and profitably as possible. The presentation takes place during previews for the Rago Unreserved auctions on January 15-17 and all property going to auction will be on exhibit. Doors open to the public at Noon. A wine and cheese reception begins at 5 pm. The presentation begins at 6 p.m.

• Ellen Tozzi is a member of National Association of Professional Organizers and the founder of “Natural Order”, a company whose aim is to help clients transform their energy-draining spaces into streamlined, environments.  

• Frank Maraschiello is a Client Services Representative and a member of Rago’s 20th c. Decorative Arts and Design department. In his long career as an auction specialist and dealer he has made thousands of house calls and provided expert advice on what is saleable, the right venues at which to sell and what to do with the rest. His experience in the cleaning and clearing of estates and personal collections is extensive.

• Christopher Wise heads Rago’s Great Estates auctions. He is a member of The Silver Society and the American Numismatics Society, as well as an auctioneer and expert appraiser in multiple categories. Chris is well versed in the scrapping of precious metals as a quick, easy, and profitable way to monetize unused property, as well as the pitfalls associated with scrapping pieces whose aesthetic value exceeds their worth as scrap.

R.S.V.P. to raac@ragoarts.com or 609-397-9374 ext. 119. If you are unable to R.S.V.P., please join us anyway.

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About Rago Arts and Auction Center

Rago is a leading U.S. auction house with $33 million in annual sales. It serves thousands of sellers and buyers yearly with a singular blend of global reach, personal service and competitive commissions for single pieces, collections and estates. Rago holds auctions of 20th/21st c. design, fine art, decorative arts, furnishings, jewelry, Asian, militaria, coins and currency, silver, historic ephemera, and ethnographic property. Rago also provides a range of appraisal services conducted by USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) compliant appraisers, performed to the highest standards set by the IRS, insurers and the Appraisers Association of America. Rago is located in New Jersey, midway between New York City and Philadelphia.

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