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SOLLO RAGO Modern Auction
9:00 AM PT - Oct 27th, 2007

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Rago Modern Auctions, LLP

333 North Main Street
Lambertville, NJ 8530
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Auction Terms & Conditions

Buyer's Premium
22.5% up to 500000
17% above 500001

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Auction House Preview
Saturday, October 20th through Friday, October 26th, noon until 6pm, and by appointment. Doors open at 9 a.m. the mornings of the sale. Preview locations: 204 North Union Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530 and 333 North Main Street, Lambertville NJ 08530

603 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
512 Lot 512

TOMMY SIMPSON Faux-painted wood bench with marbleized finish, carved with the inscription "Your Gibbous Moons Retur...

3,000
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4,000
2 Bids
513 Lot 513

DESIGN INSTITUTE AMERICA Pair of recliners upholstered in cream-colored vinyl on polished brass frames, 1989. DIA m...

2,500
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4,500
1 Bid
514 Lot 514

WALTER LAMB / BROWN JORDAN Set of six tubular bronze chairs with verdigris patina and original flagline cording, tw...

1,500
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3,500
3 Bids
515 Lot 515

KARL SPRINGER Waterfall console table entirely covered in yellow snakeskin. Karl Springer Ltd. tag. 30 1/2" x 60" x...

1,500
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3,500
24 Bids
516 Lot 516

STUDIO Welded iron hemispherical ceiling fixture. 10" x 18"

600
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900
5 Bids
517 Lot 517

KARL SPRINGER Rare adjustable-height, remote-controlled coffee/dining table with lacquered goatskin top on drum-sha...

4,000
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6,000
2 Bids
519 Lot 519

FOUND ART Fireplace mantle fabricated from the front end of a 1961 Chrysler, with working headlights. 28" x 80" x 2...

800
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1,200
520 Lot 520

PERRY WHITTAKER Maquette for the Unisphere, 1964 New York World's Fair. (Provenance: Collection of Perry Whittaker....

800
-
1,200
19 Bids
521 Lot 521

NEO-CLASSICAL Campaign chair with hand-wrought copper arms and cross base, figural parrot finials and exaggerated c...

2,500
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4,500
1 Bid
523 Lot 523

MELVIN LINDQUIST (American, 1911-2000) Two vases in Manzanita burl and Sumac root. Engraved L 6-79 Manzanita and L ...

2,500
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4,500
6 Bids
524 Lot 524

MELVIN LINDQUIST (American, 1911-2000) Large turned vase in Manzanita burl with natural occlusions. Signed L 4-79 M...

2,000
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4,000
12 Bids
525 Lot 525

HAP SAKWA Wild lilac burl bowl. Engraved Hap Sakwa 3/81 Wild Lilac. 3 3/4" x 6 1/4" x 5 1/2"

800
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1,200
7 Bids
526 Lot 526

MARK LINDQUIST Sculptural maple burl centerbowl with natural occlusions. Signed Mark Lindquist 1977 Maple Burl. 4 1...

1,500
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3,500
5 Bids
527 Lot 527

MELVIN LINDQUIST (American, 1911-2000) Manzanita burl bud vase with natural occlusions, 1978. Signed L5 78 Manzanit...

900
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1,400
1 Bid
528 Lot 528

ED MOULTHROP Donut-shaped vessel in silver maple. Signed Ed Moulthrop Silver Maple Acer Saccharinum 602910. 5" x 5...

2,000
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4,000
9 Bids
529 Lot 529

ALVIN ROCKWELL Walnut and oak dining table on trestle base with double-stretcher. (Rockwell was a student of George...

6,000
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9,000
1 Bid
530 Lot 530

GEORGE NAKASHIMA / KNOLL Low birch table. 16" x 38" x 20"

3,000
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5,000
7 Bids
531 Lot 531

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Pair of walnut Mira stools. (Provenance available.) Signed George Nakashima May 23, 1988 and marke...

3,000
-
5,000
17 Bids
532 Lot 532

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Early Grass-Seated chair in birch, ca. mid-1950s. (Provenance available.) 27" x 23" x 18"

800
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1,200
15 Bids
533 Lot 533

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Pair of walnut Mira stools. 30" x 19 1/2" x 16 1/2"

2,000
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4,000
10 Bids
534 Lot 534

GEORGE NAKASHIMA / WIDDICOMB Set of four walnut New chairs. Branded George Nakashima. 36 1/2" x 19" x 18 1/2"

2,000
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3,000
30 Bids
535 Lot 535

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Coffee table with trapezoidal free-edge cherry top and walnut base. 14" x 48" x 29"

10,000
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15,000
16 Bids
536 Lot 536

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut Minguren I table with free-edge top, 1986. (Provenance available.) Signed George Nakashima ...

6,000
-
9,000
17 Bids
537 Lot 537

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Carpathian elm burl coffee table on a Minguren I base, 1975. (A rare and spectacular example, com...

30,000
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50,000
32 Bids
538 Lot 538

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Early single-pedestal walnut desk with turned leg supports, 1956. (Accompanied by original invoice...

6,000
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9,000
4 Bids
539 Lot 539

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut piano bench with dovetailed and through-tenon construction. (The first of this form we've e...

20,000
-
40,000
7 Bids
540 Lot 540

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Stereo cabinet with free-edge top and two grilled doors backed with pandanus cloth concealing two ...

12,000
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18,000
10 Bids
541 Lot 541

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Four walnut Conoid chairs with hand-hewn hickory spindles. (Provenance available.) Marked with cli...

30,000
-
50,000
16 Bids
542 Lot 542

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Exceptional walnut Conoid dining table, its free-edge top with five rosewood butterfly keys. (Pro...

40,000
-
60,000
12 Bids
543 Lot 543

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut single-drawer nightstand. (Provenance available.) Marked with client's name. 21" x 20" x 2...

6,000
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9,000
10 Bids
544 Lot 544

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Set of five Grass-Seated chairs in American black walnut, c. 1961. (Provenance available.) 26 1/2"...

5,000
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8,000
36 Bids
545 Lot 545

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Early walnut cabinet with two sliding doors concealing four drawers and two shelves. (Provenance a...

8,000
-
12,000
8 Bids
546 Lot 546

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut Conoid Bench with Back, 1987. Signed George Nakashima April 15, 1987 and marked with client...

40,000
-
60,000
22 Bids
547 Lot 547

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut four-drawer dresser. (Provenance available.) Marked with client's name. 32" x 36" x 20"

9,000
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14,000
9 Bids
548 Lot 548

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Four-drawer dresser, identical to preceding. (Provenance available.) 32" x 36" x 20"

9,000
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14,000
6 Bids
549 Lot 549

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut highboy with seven drawers. (Provenance available.) Marked with client's name. 52 3/4" x 36...

18,000
-
24,000
1 Bid
550 Lot 550

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut wall-hanging cabinet with free-edge top over three grilled sliding doors backed with panda...

25,000
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35,000
27 Bids
551 Lot 551

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Exceptional English walnut single-pedestal desk with freeform, free-edge top incorporating four ro...

30,000
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50,000
22 Bids
552 Lot 552

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Fine and unusual English walnut and rosewood wall-hanging cabinet with slender butterfly key to to...

20,000
-
40,000
23 Bids
554 Lot 554

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut king-size headboard. 42" x 107"

6,000
-
9,000
10 Bids
555 Lot 555

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Armless sofa in cherry with slatted back. (Accompanied by original sales receipt. Provenance avail...

4,000
-
6,000
21 Bids
556 Lot 556

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut Slab coffee table with free-edge top. (Provenance available.) 13" x 73" x 20"

20,000
-
30,000
29 Bids
557 Lot 557

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut free-edge twin headboard. (Provenance available.) 39" x 67"

20,000
-
40,000
3 Bids
558 Lot 558

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut Conoid coffee table, its free-edge top with natural occlusions. (Provenance available.) 13"...

8,000
-
12,000
21 Bids
559 Lot 559

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Slab coffee table with free-edge walnut top and single rosewood butterfly key, late 1970s. (Prove...

18,000
-
24,000
13 Bids
560 Lot 560

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Pair of walnut two-drawer nightstands, 1959. (Provenance available.) 15" x 19 1/2"

8,000
-
12,000
21 Bids
561 Lot 561

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut double-dresser with free-edge top, 1959. (Provenance available.) 32" x 72" x 22"

12,000
-
18,000
17 Bids
562 Lot 562

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut seven-drawer highboy with free-edge top, 1959. (Provenance available.) 53" x 36" x 21 1/2"

15,000
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25,000
13 Bids
563 Lot 563

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut plank headboard, 1959. (Provenance available.) 37" x 79 1/2" x 25"

6,000
-
9,000
2 Bids
564 Lot 564

GEORGE NAKASHIMA Walnut coffee table on Minguren II base, 1969. (Provenance available.) 15" x 75" x 30"

20,000
-
40,000
31 Bids
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