VAN BRIGGLE/ROOKWOOD VASE SELLS FOR $187,500; PAUL EVANS SCULPTURE FRONT CABINET SELLS FOR $175,000 IN RAGO’S $4.6 MILLION 20TH CENTURY DESIGN AUCTIONS, JUNE 4-5.

Lambertville, NJ: Rago Arts and Auction Center's 20th C. Decorative Arts and Design Auction series brought in $4,612,969 over the weekend, June 4-5. The “Top Lot” of the weekend was lot 88, a Van Briggle/Rookwood vase, which sold for $187,500, well over the estimate of $70,000-100,000. The second day of the auction saw the sale of a Paul Evans sculpture front cabinet for $175,000; and a Dale Chihuly chandelier for $56,375, which came to Rago’s from the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, New York.

• Weekend Total Hammer: $3,690,375
• Hammer + 25% buyer’s premium: $4,612,969
• Low Estimate: $3,501,950
• High Estimate: $4,499,490
• Bidders in-house: 73
• Bidders on phone: 221
• Absentee Bidders: 94
• Number of lots: 1140
• Percent sold: 80%
• Online bidders: 1113, from outside the U.S.: Canada, France, U.K., Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Australia, Israel, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Austria, Romania, Georgia, Russia, Germany, Japan, Chile, and China.

Saturday, June 4

Early 20th C. Decorative Arts

• Hammer: $1,061,500
• Hammer + 25% buyer’s premium: $1,326,875
• Low Estimate: $996,100
• High Estimate: $1,427,950
• Number of lots: 351
• Percent sold: 82%

Mid-Mod

• Hammer: $240,175
• Hammer + 25% buyer’s premium: $300,219
• Low Estimate: $337,700
• High Estimate: $490,000
• Number of lots: 270
• Percent sold: 68%

Sunday, June 5

Modern Design

• Hammer: $1,261,150
• Hammer + 25% buyer’s premium: $1,576,438
• Low Estimate: $1,314,750
• High Estimate: $1,851,950
• Number of lots: 229
• Percent sold: 82%

Modern Ceramics and Glass

• Hammer: $1,126,050
• Hammer + 25% buyer’s premium: $1,407,562
• Low Estimate: $853,400
• High Estimate: $1,219,100
• Number of lots: 290
• Percent sold: 86%

Early 20th C. Decorative Arts Highlighted Lots

• Lot 88: Artus Van Briggle; Rookwood Vase $187,500
• Lot 89: Van Briggle Early Despondency Vase, 1902 $87,500
• Lot 87: Mary Louise McLaughlin Losanti Vase $30,000
• Lot 308: Hoffmann; Wiener Werkstatte Brooch $27,500
• Lot 133: Gustav Stickley Double-Hasp Bridal Chest $23,750
• Lot 344: Tiffany Studios Mermaid Lamp $20,000

Mid-Mod Highlighted Lots

• Lot 509: Ubald Klug; De Sede Two Sofas $10,625
• Lot 543: Paul Evans Revolving Cabinet $8,125
• Lot 528: Meret Oppenheim Traccia Table $8,125
• Lot 584: After Saul Steinberg Modern Master Tapestries $6,250
• Lot 519: Jindrich Halabala Pair of Lounge Chairs $6,250
• Lot 622: Harvey Probber Dining table $5,625

Modern Design Highlighted Lots

• Lot 797: Paul Evans Sculpture Front Cabinet $175,000
• Lot 719: Carlo Mollino Coffee Table $50,000
• Lot 772: Pablo Picasso; Madoura Plaque $50,000
• Lot 842: Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture $38,750
• Lot 800: Paul Evans Dining Table $33,750
• Lot 776: Pablo Picasso; Madoura Vase, "Arena" $25,000

Modern Ceramics and Glass Highlighted Lots

• Lot 1111: Dale Chihuly Chandelier $59,375
• Lot 1094: Yoichi Ohira Massive Nostaldia Vase $56,250
• Lot 1000: Gertrud and Otto Natzler Vase $43,750
• Lot 1104: Lino Tagliapietra Glass Vessel, "Medusa" $41,250
• Lot 1105: Lino Tagliapietra Flying Boat $40,625
• Lot 1098: Yoichi Ohira Laguna Vase $35,000

Consignments are now being accepted for the next 20th C. Design auctions, October 14/15/16, 2016 and all Rago auctions: 609.397.9374 or info@ragoarts.com. 

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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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