The Rago Arts and Auction Center

The Rago Arts and Auction Center (Rago’s) is a venue for auction, private sale and appraisal, with auction exhibitions in-house and online. It is the largest and leading auction house in New Jersey, located midway between Philadelphia and New York.

Rago’s holds multi-million dollar sales of 20th/21st C. design; fine art; American, Asian and European decorative arts and furnishings; jewelry; silver; ethnographic art and artifacts; coins and currency for an international clientele. It offers clients - both sellers and buyers – a singular blend of global reach and personal service, with general consultations and informal evaluations at no obligation.

Rago’s promises:
• Unparalleled access to our partners
• Competitive commissions, with consideration made to non-profit organizations, large estates and exceptional collections
• No added fees for insurance or marketing
• No buy-in fees for unsold property

Partners

David Rago began buying and selling at the age of sixteen at a flea market in his home state of New Jersey. Today, he oversees the auction house that bears his name, sells privately in the field of 20th/21st C. design and
publishes two quarterly magazines about 20th C. decorative arts and furnishings. He is an author who lectures nationally and an expert appraiser for the hit PBS series, Antiques Roadshow.

Suzanne Perrault oversees all cataloguing at Rago’s and co-directs its department of 20th/21st C. design with her partner, David Rago. She and David Rago are also private dealers, appearing at antique shows nationally and receiving clients by appointment. She is an author who lectures nationally and an expert appraiser for the hit PBS series, Antiques Roadshow.

Miriam Tucker is the partner-in-charge of the Estates and Fine Art departments, as well as Rago’s Estate and Appraisal Services. She is a qualified appraiser with a M.Ed.
in arts education and a M.B.A. from Columbia University who began in management at Rago’s in 1999.

The partners work hand-in-hand with an exceptional team of specialists in the evaluation and valuation of property, and a full staff in marketing and promotion, graphic design and photography, art handling and administration.