LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – LiveAuctioneers.com will facilitate Internet live bidding for Rago Arts and Auction Center’s big sale Sept. 12, 13 and 14. Rago will offer a  huge variety of estate and unreserved property during the three-day auction.

The sale begins on Friday, Sept. 12, with more than 550 lots of unreserved jewelry, silver, decorative and fine art and furnishings, followed by the first section of Rago’s Great Estates Auction featuring more than 160 lots of silver, coins and currency. The Great Estates sale continues on Saturday, Sept. 13, with 700 lots of fine furnishings, art, decorative accessories, Asian, militaria, books and ephemera. A 1,000-lot day of unreserved 20th century art and design follows on Sunday, Sept. 14.

“We have been offered a record amount of desirable property this summer. This sale reflects it and then some,” said Rago partner Miriam Tucker. “It is massive, but still choice. It includes significant property from fine private homes as well as affordable pieces of great design. We’ve been attracting more and more young people with our unreserved auctions, which is really exciting. The price point’s right and the fact that the high bid – no matter what it is – buys the lot, adds to the appeal. So does our staff. We like teaching people about buying at auction, whether they are looking at a lot worth $10,000 or $500.”

An important item to watch Friday is a Lot 600, monumental Christofle silver-plated centerpiece that is estimated at $15,000-$25,000.

From the Stokes Family Collection to be sold Saturday during the Great Estates Auction are a Rhode Island block-front slant-top desk, estimate: $3,000-$5,000; a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk, estimate: $5,000-$7,000; and an embroidered American sampler depicting a Pennsylvania farmhouse, estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

Collectibles will include a Babe Ruth autograph on a miniature baseball.

Chinese antiques are highlighted by a white jade hanging vase estimated at $20,000-$30,000.

Sunday’s lineup includes a large pottery flower frog by George Ohr, an Alvar Aalto Paimio chair and a Victor Vasarely (Hungarian, 1906-1997) untitled screenprint.

For details contact Rago Arts and Auction Center; email info@ragoarts.com or phone 609-397-9374.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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