Rago Auctions is holding a 1589 lot Unreserved Auction over two days, Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28, 2015 starting at 10 a.m. In an unreserved auction, the highest bid, no matter how low, is the selling price - and everything must sell.

“Rago Unreserved is all about better art and furnishings for less money than you’d pay at a gallery or an urban flea market,” says Michael Ingham, who runs the auction. “It’s for everyone who thinks they can’t afford to buy at auction and have never come to Rago because of it. Everything’s on display from Saturday, March 21st. Browse around. If you see something you like and you don’t know how to bid at auction, we’ll be glad to show you the ropes.”

Early 20th C., Fine Art, Estate Goods and Scandinavian: Friday, March 27, 10 a.m. (786 lots)

Early 20th century design pottery and furnishings. Famous ceramicists Rookwood, Grueby, Marblehead, Van Briggle, Fulper, Roseville, Stonelain, Clewell and artist decorated Weller by Jacques Sicard and Lizabeth Blake. Early 20th century furniture makers Gustav Stickley, Limbert, Stickley Brothers, and Stickley by E.J. Audi. Lighting by Handel, Bradley & Hubbard and Old Mission Kopperkraft. European art pottery by Richard Ginori, Royal Vienna, Royal Copenhagen, Montieres and Susi Singer. Estate goods feature American and European furniture, fine art, decorative items, ephemera and photography. Clocks by Tiffany & Co., Waterbury Clock Co. and John Walker.  Fine and contemporary art by Leonard Baskin, Ben Shahn, Andrew Wyeth, John Fulton Folinsbee, Lowell Nesbitt, Will Barnett, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Leonard Baskin. Over 60 lots of silver, featuring Georg Jensen and Tiffany & Co.; flatware by Gio Ponti and Takenobu Igareshi. Asian urns, vases, Japanese porcelain, Chinese cloisonné and Japanese woodblock prints. Garden Furniture by Russell Woodard and Walter Lamb. Danish modern and Scandinavian furnishings and decorative arts by Fritz Hansen, Hans Wegner, Jens Risom, Bruno Mathsson, Alvar Aalto, Arne Vodder,  Verner Panton, Edmund Spence and Kaare Klint. Scandinavian lighting by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors; decorative pieces by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, Hans Bolling, Hans Hansen; rugs by RYA.

Modern Design and Contemporary Art: Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. (803 lots)

Modern Furnishings by Cassina, Mies Van Der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Isamu Noguchi, Milo Baughman, Adrian Pearsall, Edward Wormley, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Harvey Probber, Poltrona Frau, Harry Bertoia for Knoll International and George Nelson for Herman Miller. Lighting by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier and Koch & Lowy. Italian furniture and lighting by Le Corbusier/Cassina, Eero Saarinen for Knoll Studios, Moroso, Tobias Scarpa and Pallucco Italia. French furniture and lighting by Pierre Cardin, Roger Capron and Francois Monnet and Philippe Barbier. Fine Art artists Red Grooms, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Koons, Jim Dine, James Rosenquist, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Massimo Vignelli, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam, Louise Nevelson and Christopher Makos. Sculpture by Max Finkelstein, Gloria Kisch, Mark R. Davies, Frederick Weinberg, John Risley, Robert Zeidman and several lots by C. Jere. Contemporary pottery by Edwin and Mary Scheier, Toshiko Takaezu, Otto and Gertrud Natzlet, Polia Pillin, Shoji Hamada and Laura Andreson and Rosenthal Studio Line. Italian ceramics by Ettore Sottsass/Bitossi, Marcello Fantoni/Raymor and Gaetano Pesce. Contemporary and studio glass by John Kuhn, Steve Tobin, Richard Ritter and Irene Rezzonico. Italian glass by Murano, Barovier & Toso, Archimede Seguso, Gio Ponti for Venini and Cenedese.

Auction Exhibition/Preview/Bidding

• Saturday, March 21 through Wednesday, March 25, 12-5 p.m. Thursday, March 26, 12-7 p.m. and by appointment. Doors open on the sale days at 9:00 a.m.
• Open House with guest speaker, photographer, Michael Furman, “The Art of the Automobile”. Tues., March 24, 6 p.m. RSVP to raac@ragoarts.com or 609.397.9374 ext. 119.
• Rago’s is located midway between New York City and Philadelphia. Directions online at www.ragoarts.com.
• Telephone/absentee/online bidding available at www.ragoarts.com and www.bidsquare.com for those unable to attend.

Catalogue

• View complete catalogues with color images online as of March 6 at ragoarts.com.
• Printed text lists are free. Call 609.397.9374 or email info@ragoarts.com.   

• About Rago Arts and Auction Center: Rago is a leading U.S. auction house with $30 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.
• Consignments invited for all of Rago’s Auctions. Please call 609.397.9374 or email info@ragoarts.com.