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First with designers worldwide.
The Rago Arts and Auction Center is an international leader in modern design, patronized by such great interior designers as Juan Montoya, Amy Lau and Alexander Gorlin. Each auction includes furnishings; ceramics, glass, and other decorative art; lighting and fine art. Rago's champions studio work from craftsmen George Nakashima, Paul Evans and Wharton Esherick to ceramics by Gertrude and Otto Natzler and Peter Voulkos to metalwork by Albert Paley. It is also responsible for the resurgence of interest in furniture by interior designers including Tommi Parzinger, James Mont and Paul Laszlo. Much of the most important Modern design to come to auction has been sold by Rago's.
What We Offer
Competitive Commissions
No charge for initial consultation/opinions of value
Private sale or auction
Your property pictured and described to over 5 million online buyers
Printed catalogues for all major sales
National and international advertising in print and online
What We Sell
Ceramics
Natzler
$252,000
Duckworth
$15,860
Schreckengost
$66,000
Voulkos
$38,188
Conover
$18,300/li>
Scheier
$17,625
Glass
Morris
$31,270
Daily/MacNeil
$30,500
Venini
$18,000
Picasso/Constantini
$18,000
Labino
$8,540
Chihuly
$16,800
Furniture
Esherick
$312,000
Nakashima
$288,000
Evans
$228,000
Perriand/Prouve
$84,000
Castle
$204,000
Pergay
$78,000
Lighting
Deskey
$138,000
Hogland
$22,800
Tynell
$26,400
Mouille
$17,800
Arad
$14,400
Fontana Arte
$12,000
Metal
Rateau
$60,000
Diederich
$48,000
Paley
$48,000
Brandt
$36,000
KIss
$32,400
Puiforcat
$28,800
Art
Bertoia
$129,250
Noguchi
$96,000
Tobin
$13,420
Falkenstein
$30,000
Evans
$66,000
Esherick
$57,000
More
Powell
$96,000
Leger
$20,400
Paley
$20,740
Gio Ponti
$18,800
Calder
$11,400
E & J Bass
$31,720
Who We Are
David Rago
At the age of sixteen, David Rago began dealing in American decorative ceramics at a flea market in his home state of New Jersey. Today, he oversees the auction house that bears his name, publishes two quarterly magazines on 20th c. design and sells privately in the field. 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 the Rago Arts and Auction Center’s Cataloguing Department and co-directs its sales of 20th//21sT Century 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...
