On May 14 & 15, Rago Arts will be holding their Craftsman auction weekend in Lambertville, NJ. A huge volume of beautiful, unique items will be up on the block including a number of especially interesting items from the Burton & Paula Geyer collection. Hopefully at least one Hewn & Hammered reader out there will be able to take some photographs to share with those of us who cannot make it.
As usual, I find myself poring over the preview photographs on the RagoArts website; there’s not much here that normal human beings could possibly afford without cutting back, say, on food or mortgage payments for a year or two, as one would expect. Here are a few of my favorites:
- Denver Lonhuda tulip vase (pictured)
- Fulper leaded glass chandelier
- leaded glass window that survived the 1906 SF earthquake/fire
- William Rice color woodblock print
- Roycroft hammered-copper table lamp
- Tiffany favrile glass vase
- Harvey Ellis drawing
- Wycombe set of six tall-backed chairs
- Stickley "bride’s chest"
- Roycroft hammered-copper chandelier
- Saturday Evening Girls desk set
- Grueby advertising tile
for some really fine rookwood, you need to go to the source…http://www.cincinnatiartgalleries.com/nextauction.asp
cincinnati art gallery’s auction is this weekend, and they always have some stunning pieces.