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October 26/27/28, 2012 – 20 th C. Design Auction Page 4 of 7
Row One: 1039, Wharton Esherick Custom Double Pedestal Desk, $60,000-80,000; 1106, Natzler Fine and Large Bowl in
Volcanic Glaze, $7,500-10,000; 1384 (6155), Vladimir Kagan Floating Seat and Back Sofa, $7,000-9,000; 1001 (5501), George
Nakashima Conoid Dining Table, $20,000-30,000; 1368 (5516), Wendell Castle Tall Clock, $10,000-15,000; 1414 (5713),
Michael Graves/Memphis Plaza Vanity and Bench, 9,000-12,000; Row Two: 1410 (5717), Robert Venturi/Knoll Four Queen
Anne Chairs, $9,000-12,000; 1344 (5724), Paul Evans/Directional Deep Relief Cabinet, $20,000-30,000; 1453 (5781), Harry
Bertoia Untitled (Bush) Sculpture, $37,500-47,500; 1364 (5820), Judy Kensley McKie Arizona Side Table, $6,000-8,000; 1227,
Dale Chihuly Massive Macchia Bowl, $5,500-7,500; 1365 (5973), Sol LeWitt Dining Table, $20,000-30,000; Row Three: 1272
(5881), Warren McArthur Rare Tete-a-Tete, $14,000-18,000; 1032 (6070), Phil Powell Pair of New Hope Lounge Chairs,
$12,000-18,000; 1042 (6126), Arthur Espenet Carpenter Wishbone Chair, $7,500-9,500;; 1036 (6157), Phil Powell Wall-
Hanging Cabinet, $13,000-16,000; 1489 (5804), Robert Arneson Self-Portrait Trophy Bust, $10,000-14,000; 1114 (5404), Hans
Wegner Swivel Chair, $10,000-15,000.
20th Century Pottery and Glass: Friday, October 26, 2012, Noon
Lots 150-497
Friday’s sale is a day dedicated to a selection of American, European and modern art pottery and art glass from the 20th
century. There are significant collections of better lines by Roseville, Owens and Weller, such as Decorated Matt, Matt
Green, Futura, Henry Deux, Ferella, Sunflower, Greora and Coppertone. There is a large group of fine Clewell pots in
patinated copper jackets.
From the Washington, DC area is a lifetime collection of Zuid-Holland Gouda; also a large group of Amphora by Ernst
Wahliss, and Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel; many examples of Clement Massier.
There are fine American tiles and china-painted items, including a vase by Dorothy Warren O’Hara; many birds by Stangl,
vases by Fulper, Grueby, Marblehead, S.E.G., Walrath and Walley; lots of Van Briggle, North Dakota School of
Mines, and many rare student vessels.
The second portion of the sale will offer lots of glass by Tiffany Studios, Steuben, Durand, Galle, Legras, Lalique,
Schneider, Loetz and others.
Early 20th C. Design / Arts and Crafts: Saturday, October 27, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
The Early 20 th C. Design Auction begins on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. with 580 lots of early 20th century furnishings, lighting
and metalware, pottery, art glass, woodblock prints, textiles and more, many from notable prominent private collections.
Rago’s is privileged to represent the collection of American Arts and Crafts from Christopher Forbes' Colorado retreat,
with much rare Roycroft. Other collections in the sale include that of Marilyn and Michael Gould, connoisseurs of
American art and antiques; and Ken Forster, noted scholar, collector, gallery owner, speaker and curator.
The Forbes Collection
Saturday’s sale kicks-off with the distinguished collection of American Arts and Crafts from Christopher Forbes’ two houses
in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains (lots 1-132), one of the strongest groupings of Roycroft furniture, metalwork, and
lighting to come to market in recent years. Christopher “Kip” Forbes, son of publishing magnate Malcolm Forbes, has been
accruing this collection for over three decades, buying furniture, lighting, and accessories made by the Roycroft
Community, ca. 1900–1915, to furnish a pair of 1915 houses on the Forbes family ranch.
Among the Roycroft property for sale is a one-of-a-kind chair made by Dard Hunter. Illustrated in the 1994 "Head, Heart
and Hand: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters," it bears the legend "Sit Down And Rest Thy Weary Bones." Several pieces
come from the Roycroft Inn in East Aurora, New York: Among those are two window seats, the carved door sign from the
"Victor Hugo" room, a leaded-glass window from the peristyle and an original drawing of the Inn, both by Dard Hunter. Lot
47 is a candlestick telephone purportedly used by Elbert Hubbard. There are two exceptional bookcases, double- and
triple-door, the first being especially rare with two drawers below, in untouched original condition. There is an extremely
rare, possibly unique Roycroft Double Morris Chair, in addition to three Morris chairs of customary size; a tall magazine
pedestal; a mouse-hole tabouret; a dining room set with table, chairs, sideboard and server; several chests; a ten-footlong
harvest table; numerous pieces of Roycroft copper work including two American Beauty vases, a fernery, and a
jardinière, along with other decorative arts including pottery and Navajo rugs.
The Gould Collection
Lots 556 to 618 are from the collection of Marilyn and Michael Gould, devotees and connoisseurs of American art and
antiques and longtime friends. The Goulds collected American Modernist art, folk art, Civil War ephemera, American Arts
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