Mrs. Sidney Sheldon has chosen David Rago’s Craftsman Auction as the venue for the sale of her collection of Arts & Crafts furniture, lighting and decorative arts. It will be sold in company with six other stellar collections in a 900 lot sale over March 8th and March 9th, 2008.

Much of this property was featured in the 1993 exhibition “American Arts & Crafts from the Collection of Alexandra & Sidney Sheldon” at the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Among the highlights: a Tiffany Studios “Poppy” table lamp with twisted vine bronze base (pre-sale estimate: $50,000-70,000); a Greene and Greene armchair with drop-in seat and tacked leather back (pre-sale estimate: $20,000-30,000); a Frank Lloyd Wright hall chair with tall spindle-back (pre-sale estimate: $17,500-22,500); a Harvey Ellis for Gustav Stickley inlaid occasional table (pre-sale estimate: $25,000-35,000). (The late Sidney Sheldon won awards in three careers — Broadway theater, movies and television — and then turned to writing best-selling novels. He wrote over twenty in all, published in 51 languages and sold more than 300 million copies.)

Preview
Saturday, March 1 – Friday, March 7, 2008 from 12- 5 pm and by appointment. Doors open at 9 a.m. on the mornings of the sale.
Catalogues
Printed catalogues are $25 each and can be purchased online at ragoarts.com or by calling (609) 397.9374. You can also e-mail a request to info@ragoarts.com or view the complete catalogue online.

More information online at ragoarts.com.

Posted: 02|26|08 at 12:01 pm. Filed under: US News.