Rago Auctions is holding a 1350+ lot Unreserved Auction over two days, Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11, 2015 starting at 10 a.m. The highest bid for each lot in an unreserved auction is the selling price, no matter what the estimated value, and everything must sell. On Saturday, look for 580 lots of Early 20th c. design decorative arts and furnishings, with pottery by George Ohr, Grueby and Van Briggle, furnishings by Stickley and Limbert, Scandinavian furniture and decorative arts, art glass, artwork by Chagall, Dali and Picasso. On Sunday, 574 lots of 20th c. contemporary and modern design and art will be sold, including furnishings by Evans, Le Corbusier, Eames, artwork by Joan Miro and Victor Vasarely, contemporary pottery, lighting, glass, rugs and more.

“Rago Unreserved is all about better property for less money,” 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’s. It’s fun.  You can buy art and furniture that doesn’t come off a big retail assembly line. It’s better made than most anything from a chain store and it costs less. Come in early and browse around. If you don’t know how to bid at auction, we’ll be glad to show you the ropes.”

Auction Dates/Times

• Rago Unreserved Auction: Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11 at 10 a.m.
• Telephone, absentee, online bidding available for those unable to attend.

Auction Exhibition/Preview

• Saturday, January 3 through Thursday, January 8, 12-5 p.m. Friday, January 9, 12-7 p.m. and by appointment. Doors open on the sale days at 9:00 a.m.
• Open House with Panel Presentation, “Five Under 30”. Tuesday, January 6, 6 p.m. RSVP to raac@ragoarts.com or 609.397.9374 ext. 119.

• Rago is located midway between New York City and Philadelphia. Directions online at ragoarts.com.

Catalogue

• View complete catalogues with color images online as of December 26 at ragoarts.com.
• Printed text lists are free. Call 609.397.9374 or email info@ragoarts.com.  

Auction Contact Information

• Michael Ingham, Specialist, 609-397-9374, ext. 115 or michael@ragoarts.com.
• Anna Kelly, Cataloguer, 609-397-9374, ext. 144 or anna@ragoarts.com.
• Lelia Williamson, Cataloguer, 609-397-9374, ext. 134 or lelia@ragoarts.com.

Auction Highlights

Saturday, January 10, 2015, 10 a.m.

Saturday’s sale begins with early 20th century design pottery and furnishings. Famous ceramicists in the sale include: George Ohr, Grueby, Teco, Pewabic, Clewell, Weller, Rookwood and a single-owner collection of about 70 lots of Van Briggle.  Lot 7 is a rare Lucy Fairfield Perkins large hand-built and burnished terra cotta vase with Etruscan-style decoration, estimated for $1,000-1,500; and Lot 185, a low bowl by Frederick H. Rhead. Rookwood artists in the sale include Lorinda Epply, Harriet E. Wilcox, Vera Tischler, Kate Curry, Caroline Steinle, Albert Valentien, William Hentschel, Elizabeth Barrett, and Jens Jensen. Early 20th century furniture makers in the sale include: Gustav Stickley, L. & J.G. Stickley, J.M. Young, Limbert, Stickley Brothers, and Charles Stickley. Featured is lot 40, a Gustav Stickley dresser mirror, estimated at $700-1,000; lot 48, an L. & J.G. Stickley drop-front desk, estimated at $700-900; and lot 157, a Limbert cut-out window seat, estimated at $600-800. There are woodcuts by Bertha Boynton Lum; metalwork by Roycroft. There is period lighting, notably lot 114, a Handel hanging fixture with rose border, estimated at $400-600. There is European art pottery by Boch Freres, Longwy, Zsolnay, Moorcroft, Royal Doulton, Clarice Cliff, HB Henriot Quimper and Wedgwood, notably lot 119, a Longwy tall crackleware vase, estimated at $700-900. Art Glass by Steuben, Daum, Lalique, Loetz, notably lot 245, a Henri Berge/Amalric Walter Pate-de-verre vide-poche with hermit crab and seaweed, estimated at $800-1,200; and lot 249, a vase with ruffled rim by Rindskopf, estimated at $800-1,200.  Artists in the sale include Tommi Parzinger, Ariane Lopez-Huici, Jean Richardson, Edward Povey, Aaron Siskind, Joseph Brown, Eadweard Muybridge, Joshua Tobey, Louis Robert De Cuvillon, Aristide Maillol, Benn Mitchell, James Welling, Louis Antoine Leclercq, Arthur Wesley Dow, Walter Rosenblum and many more. There are prints by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Aristide Maillol, and Pierre Bonnard. Estate goods feature American and European furniture, folk art, portraits and miscellaneous items such as lot 298, an internal swirl handblown glass marble, which was acquired from the collection of Allen Hendershott Eaton; and lot 299, a European grain painted blanket chest. There are musical instruments, a violin, wind instruments, and lot 343, three electric guitars, estimated at $500-700. There are posters by Al Capp, Paul Colin, Georges De Feure, and Franz Gehri, notably lot 347, an offset lithograph WWI poster by Howard Chandler Christy, "Americans All," 1919 for the Victory Liberty Loan Drive, estimated at $300-500. Sports memorabilia includes signed autographs. There are coins and currency. Porcelain includes KPM, a run of porcelain plaques, and figures.  Asian furnishings and decorative arts, featuring lot 423, two Chinese bronze incense burners, estimated at $300-500; lot 427, a stoneware rabbit by Miyashita Zenji, estimated at $400-600; and Chinese propaganda posters. The sale wraps up with Danish modern and Scandinavian furnishings and decorative arts. Scandinavian furniture designers and makers include Borge Morgensen, Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen, Hans Wegner, Jens Risom, Johannes Andersen, Alvar Aalto, Peter Hvidt, Arne Vodder, and Edmund Spence.  Featured Scandinavian pieces include Lot 464, an Arne Bang gourd-shaped vase, estimated at $300-500; lot 482, a Finn Juhl One Collection 57 sofa, at $1,500-2,000; lot 486, an Arne Jacobsen Egg chair for Fritz Hansen, $800-1,200; lot 524, a Poul Henningsen PH/5 table lamp, $400-600; and lot 567, a “Gallery” stoop by Hans Sandgren Jakobsen/Fredericia, at $200-300.

Sunday, January 11, 2015, 10 a.m.

Sunday’s auction offers Modern Furnishings by well-regarded designers and makers Paul Evans, Harry Balmer, James Bearden, George Nakashima, Le Corbusier, Gae Aulenti, Bill Winterbottom, T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings, Edward Wormley, and George Nelson. Knoll designers include: Ettore Sottsass, Isamu Noguchi, Mies Van Der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Eero Saarinen, Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Warren Platner, Frank Gehry, and Richard Schultz. Featured is lot 601, a pair of “LC2 Petit Modele” lounge chairs by Le Corbusier at Cassina, estimated at $1,200-1,800; lot 667, a lounge chair by Christian Liaigre for Holly Hunt, estimated at $1,000-1,500; Lot 683, a flip-top vanity styled as steamer trunk by Marie Galante, $800-1000; Lot 709 is a set of four "Antony" lounge chairs by Jean Prouve for Vitra, estimated at $500-700. Lots 699-703 are by Piero Fornasetti, including a pair of Corinthian Capitol side chairs, "Cammei" and "Strumenti Musicali" boxes, and an "Architectura" table lamp.  Also featured are lots 838, a Paul Evans "Cityscape" illuminated triangular sidetable, $1,500-2,000; and 856, a George Nakashima triple dresser, miniature cabinet and mirror for Widdicomb, $2,000-3,000. There are several Vladimir Kagan “Omnibus” sofas.

Fine Art by artists such as Vladislav Ratner, Joan Miro, Mariette Rousseau-Vermette, Abas Alibasyah, Roberto Montenegro, Henry Moore, Stefan Knapp, Victor Vasarely, David Roth, Omar Rayo, Allan M. D'Arcangelo, Ellsworth Kelly, Dorothy Dehner, Rolph Scarlett, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Larry Rivers, Martin Joseph Hoffman, Louise Nevelson, Steve Alan Kaufman, Robert Rauschenberg, Pedro Friedeberg. Sculpture by Arthur Court, Donald Drumm, C. Jere. Featured art includes: lot 629, an industrial landscape by Vladislav Ratner, estimated at $1,000-1,500; lot 634, two lithographs by Joan Miro, estimated at $400-600; lot 1022, “Crying Girl” by Roy Lichtenstein, $800-1,000; and Lot 781, screenprint "Kaaba II" by Victor Vasarely, estimated at $400-600. Sculpture: lot 803, Sergio Bustamante, a brass Peacock, $800-1,000.

Contemporary and studio ceramics and glass include makers such as Dominick Labino, Edward Nesteruk, Joan Irving, Maurice Heaton, Colin Heaney, Michael Pavlik, Edwin and Mary Scheier, Betty Woodman, Mary Roehm, Paul Chaleff, David Shaner, Andrea Gill, Ed Rossbach, James Lawton, Warren Mackenzie and more. Featured is lot 737, a glass sculpture by Dominick Labino, estimated at $800-1,200. There is Italian glass by Venini, Murano, Barovier, Alfred Barbini, Gino Cenedese, Franco Luce, La Murrina, and Salviati.

Italian furniture features lot 1013, a sofa and chair by Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, estimated at $1,000-1,500; Lot 1139, La Palma LEM hydraulic piston barstools, estimated at $1,200-1,800; and lot 1132, a reissue of Gerrit Rietveld’s "Red and Blue Chair" by Palazzetti, estimated at $500-700. Lot 1149 has Italian stoneware bottles by Guido Gambone, $400-600. Chandeliers by Tom Green, Camer, Lightolier, Franco Luce, and Vistosi. Rugs by Edward Fields. Turned wood by Hap Sakwa and Tage Frid. Silver plate includes lot 1040, a pair of “Skyscraper” candlesticks by Richard Meier at Swid Powell, estimated at $350-550; and lot 1043, a fifty-seven piece stainless steel flatware set by Tsubame-Shinko/Y.M.D., estimated at $500-700.

Consignments Invited

Consignments are invited for all Rago’s Auctions. Please call 609-397-9374 or e-mail info@ragoarts.com.

About Rago Arts and Auction Center

Rago is a leading U.S. auction house with $30 million in sales in 2013. We serve thousands of sellers and buyers internationally with a singular blend of global reach and personal service. Rago holds auctions of 20th/21st c. design, fine art, decorative arts, furnishings, jewelry, militaria, coins and currency, Asian, historic ephemera, and ethnographic property.  A world-class venue through which to buy and sell, it offers valuations for personal property (from a single piece to collections and estates), appraisals, estate services, exhibitions and lectures in house and online. Rago is based in New Jersey, midway between Philadelphia and New York City.

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