Member Day Trip to Lambertville, NJ to visit Rago Arts and Auction Center

Visit one of the world's premier specialty auction houses! Includes lunch at a nearby restaurant and free time to browse Lambertville with its antique stores and shops on the scenic Delaware river. Transportation from the Museum of Arts and Design will be provided.

First, visit the main auction house and meet founder David Rago and partner Suzanne Perrault. Then, take a private behind-the-scenes tour of the art department with Meredith Hilferty, director of Fine Art Auctions, and see a sneak preview of objects to be included in the upcoming Modern Design and Contemporary Glass auctions.

Rago is a leading auction house serving thousands of buyers and sellers annually in the fields of Fine Art, Design, Studio Pottery, Contemporary Glass, Jewelry and more, founded by David Rago, the preeminent expert in the field of American ceramics and art pottery. David began dealing in American decorative ceramics at the age of seventeen; he has authored several titles on the subject, lectures nationally and has appeared regularly on the PBS series, The Antiques Roadshow, since its inception in 1996.

With more than five decades of experience handling 20th and 21st century works, he and partner Suzanne Perrault, another regular on The Antiques Roadshow, and their team of qualified specialists, researchers, and property handlers have distinguished Rago as the top venue for American ceramics as well as for the sale of fine art, modern design, decorative arts, fine jewelry, contemporary glass, and silver.

The Rago/Wright network includes six original auction brands that collaborate to better serve their clients—buyers and sellers alike—and to their expand offerings through Rago/Wright's national coast-to-coast presence, state-of-the-art web platform, shared expertise, innovation, and creativity.

Meredith Hilferty is the director of Fine Art Auctions at the Rago Arts and Auction Center. A former Assistant Director with Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Ltd. in Philadelphia, she joined Rago’s with a decade of experience in the evaluation of American and European art from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries as well as experience with appraisals, client services and sales, exhibition management, and marketing.

More about Lambertville:
History - Lambertville Historical Society

About the Museum

MAD champions contemporary makers across creative fields, presenting artists, designers, and artisans who apply the highest level of ingenuity and skill to their work. Since the Museum’s founding in 1956 by philanthropist and visionary Aileen Osborn Webb, MAD has celebrated all facets of making and the creative processes by which materials are transformed, from traditional techniques to cutting-edge technologies. Today, the Museum’s curatorial program builds upon a rich history of exhibitions that emphasize a cross-disciplinary approach to art and design, and reveals the workmanship behind the objects and environments that shape our everyday lives. MAD provides an international platform for practitioners who are influencing the direction of cultural production and driving 21st-century innovation, fostering a participatory setting for visitors to have direct encounters with skilled making and compelling works of art and design.

Member Day Trip - Rago Arts and Auction Center

Member Day Trip - Rago Arts and Auction Center