Rago Auctions

An artist is dating my nephew and Rago was having a silent auction with a number of local painters. Plenty of free parking, the exhibit area is large enough, could use more chairs for people to sit, 2 hour auction with a number of older people makes it kind of hard to stand the whole time. There were plenty of beautiful paintings to choose from. Some more wine would have been nice too but all in all a very nice time.

Amazing experience. I have previewed and purchased items at this auction house multiple times throughout the years. The staff is extremely knowledgeable all around and incredibly inviting. Suzanne and David are staples in the community. If you’re in the area during a preview, I recommend checking it out, they’re previews rival some museum exhibitions.

Our entire house is furnished with 12 years of Rago purchases. As with all quality, mid-range auction houses, value varies by week and category, but condition reports have been honest and estimated values knowledgeable, with rare exceptions. (Though beware: values are sometimes inflated for little-known artists in the $800 to $3,000 range.) It is worth a trip to look at pieces in person before bidding online. We have found a number of pieces that did not look interesting to us in online photos but were perfect for us when we saw them in person.

An excellent auction company. For buyers and sellers . Experienced, knowledgeable .and forward thinking!

I bought a necklace in a Rago auction in May. I paid, signed the shipping waiver, and provided a credit card to the shipper. It's now the end of July. I have never received the necklace, and Rago has not responded to my messages. While it was only $825.93, I am so frustrated that they will not respond to me or make any attempt whatsoever to resolve the matter. They either need to reimburse me for the cost or send the necklace to me, but they will not even answer my e-mails.

Very poor phone communication. Extremely slow and expensive shipping through Arta. Rewarded my won auction to someone else. Promised compensation and did deliver on that. All pieces won were accurate in description.

Was bidding on an item.. put in my max bid which did not hit the reserve. So I decided to purchase a different item. Next day I get a notification they dropped the reserve and I won. Seems a bit shilly. Told them I wasn't buying it as that's poor practice to drive up bids.. they disagreed and gave me a non payer on auction site. Well... here's your strike for reputation.. I definitely don't recommend bidding as they use false reserves to drive up bids.

I’ve been bidding / purchasing from Rago for a decade. The staff are super pros and the items are truly beautiful. The presentation is world-class. This is a great place to start if you have not gone to a formal auction before. My experience - items sell for close to the high estimate or 10 to 30 percent higher. Furniture to jewelry to art - you can find something authentically special for the same price as possibly sub par brand new items. Highly recommend!