: An enthusiastic crowd was on hand for Craftsman's Arts and Crafts
Auction Weekend this past Saturday and Sunday, January 24 and 25,
with the auction posting an impressive $1.9 million.
The sale marked the return of a partnership between Jerry Cohen
and David Rago, who, along with Suzanne Perrault, put together an
exciting three-session sale that was reminiscent of Rago's early
Manhattan auction series conducted in the Puck Building.
The auction featured more than 1,000 lots of pottery, art and
"wood." The top lot of the auction came from the later category
as an extremely rare Harvey Ellis designed fall front secretary
desk by Gustav Stickley soared beyond estimates to sell at
$115,000.
The desk, in original finish with the original interior
accoutrements, had descended in the family of a New Jersey Judge
and believed to have been purchased from Gustav Stickley in 1903.
A complete review of the sale will appear in a future issue.
