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#1 in Arts & Crafts.
Early 20th century decorative arts and furnishings, featuring work from the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements. Lighting by Tiffany, Handel, and Pairpoint. Furniture by Gustav Stickley and the Roycrofters. Ceramics by George Ohr, Grueby, Rookwood, Newcomb College, Saturday Evening Girls, Rhead, Zsolnay. Glass from Tiffany, Loetz, Durand, Galle, Steuben, Argy Rousseau, Lalique, wrought metal, woodblock prints, textiles and accessories and more. The first specialty at Rago's and the most successful Arts and Crafts auctions in the field.
What We Sell
Pottery
Grueby
$84,000
Marblehead
$61,000
Martin Brothers
$39,000
R Head
$516,000
Tiffany
$50,020
Van Briggle
$90,020
Glass
Argy Rousseau
$12,000
Daum
$9,760
Galle
$10,800
Lalique
$27,600
Tiffany
$26,840
Tiffany
$14,400
Furniture
L. & J.G. Stickley
$30,500
Rohlfs
$32,940
Roycroft
$14,400
Stickley
$24,400
Stickley/Ellis
$21,600
Stickley/Grueby
$17,080
Lighting
Dirk Van Erp
$114,000
Grueby/Handel
$20,400
Handel
$36,000
Roycroft
$30,8000
Stickley
$20,400
Tiffany
$144,000
Metal
Dirk Van Erp
$54,000
Heinrichs
$30,000
Roycroft
$66,000
Stickley
$32,400
Tiffany
$18,300
Yellin
$19,200
More
Ashbee
$15,860
Baumann
$9,150
Hartford-faience
$16,800
Hopkins
$18,300
Marblehead
$114,000
Zimmermann
$120,000
Who We Are
David Rago
David Rago began dealing in American decorative ceramics at the age of sixteen, at a flea market in his home state of New Jersey. Today, he oversees the auction house that bears his name, sells privately in the field of 20th C. Design and publishes two quarterly magazines about 20th century decorative arts and furnishings. He is an author who lectures nationally and an expert appraiser for the hit PBS series, Antiques Roadshow, where he specializes in decorative ceramics and porcelain. Read more...
Suzanne Perrault
Suzanne Perrault heads cataloguing at Rago Arts and Auction Center and co-directs its department of 20th C. Design. She and partner David Rago are also private dealers, appearing at antique shows nationally and receiving clients by appointment. She is an author who lectures nationally and an expert appraiser for the hit PBS series, Antiques Roadshow, where she specializes in decorative ceramics and porcelain. Read more...
Jerry Cohen
Jerry Cohen, the specialist in charge of Arts and Crafts furniture at Rago’s, has been buying and selling Arts & Crafts since 1978, when he opened The Mission Oak Shop in Oakland, California. Read more...
