RAGO’S HOLDS A MARCH 20 AUCTION FEATURING PROPERTY FROM PA, NJ, NY ESTATES AND MUSEUM Lambertville, NJ On Saturday, March 20 at Noon, the Rago Arts and Auction Center holds an auction featuring property from local estates and New York’s Heckscher Museum.
Faulkner. Over 35 lots of fine and decorative statuary in bronze, marble, wood and terra cotta by artists including Victor Seifert and Sylvain Kinsburger.
JEWELRY/SILVER/CURRENCY
Seventeen lots of men's gold and silver link bracelets, rings, cufflinks, watches and fobs, many by Mitchell-Peck from the Estate of Lester Yankee. Silver serving pieces, tableware and vases by Georg Jensen, Tiffany, Towle, Gorham and Black, Starr and Frost. Russian objet de vertu. Twenty-five lots of currency, including U.S. silver dollars, half dollars, quarters, nickels proof sets, medals, bullion and commemorative coins; uncirculated coins; U.K. gold sovereigns; Israeli medals and currency; Canadian, U.K. and other foreign currency; ancient coins and artifacts.
ALSO WORTHY OF NOTE
• Tribal items including Inuit carving, California and Northwest American Indian baskets and late 19th/early 20th C. fully beaded Sioux child's moccasins.
• Asian property including lacquer cabinets and boxes, religious statuary, hardstone, screen.
• Books, posters and ephemera, including theatrical posters, 19th C. baseball scorecards and baseball guides, celebrity autographs
• Garden decoration in iron and other materials, including birdbath, urns, armillary, benches.
• Napoleonic collectibles
• Reliquaries, Santos
Auction Contact Information
Tom Martin, Specialist-in-Charge: 609-397-9374 or tom@ragoarts.com
Notes for the Editor
High-resolution images available.
Next Estates Auction
Saturday, June 19, 2010.
About Rago Arts and Auction Center
The Rago Arts and Auction Center was established in 1995 by David Rago, a leading expert and dealer in early 20th C. design, who entered the business of auctions in 1984. The Auction Center, located midway between Philadelphia and New York, holds multi-million dollar sales of 20th century decorative arts and furnishings, fine art, jewelry, tribal and estate property. Since 1994, Rago's has served thousands of sellers and buyers with a singular blend of global reach and personal service. It is a world-class venue through which to buy and sell. It is also a destination for those who seek to learn and share knowledge about art, antiques and collecting, with free valuations for personal property (from a single piece to collections and estates) and auction exhibitions in house and online.
