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Toomey & Co. merged with Rago, Wright, and LAMA in September 2022 after 35 years in Oak Park, Illinois. Our offices and warehouse have moved to Wright's Chicago location.

05/29/2026
05/20/2026
A white-glove auction for one of Englandโ€™s most celebrated porcelain makers. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—•...
05/18/2026

A white-glove auction for one of Englandโ€™s most celebrated porcelain makers. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป achieved:

$๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฎ total realized
๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% sold by lot
๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿญ% sold by value

From richly enameled โ€œivory porcelainโ€ to striking โ€œjapanesqueโ€ designs inspired by late-19th century global artistic exchange, the sale showcased the innovation that made Royal Worcester an international force in ceramic art under Richard William Binns.

With more than 100 examples finding buyers, the auction reflected continued collector demand for the artistry, craftsmanship, and history behind these remarkable works.

Thank you to our bidders and consignors for making the sale such a success.

๐—”๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช โ€ข Nearly 200 finely curated works come together in ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ on ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ, a sweeping Toomey & Co. auc...
05/12/2026

๐—”๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช โ€ข Nearly 200 finely curated works come together in ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ on ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ, a sweeping Toomey & Co. auction that spans centuries of art and design. From fine and decorative arts to sculpture, ceramics, lighting, silver, glass, textiles, and period furniture, the sale draws from a wide range of distinguished collections.

Ahead of the main event, Toomey & Co. will also present a dedicated session of English art pottery: ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ปโ€”a focused offering highlighting one of Britainโ€™s most celebrated ceramic traditions.

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๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€ข ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ

Toomey & Co. presents 100+ standout Royal Worcester pieces from the Estate of Stuart Brown.Born from late-19th century i...
05/11/2026

Toomey & Co. presents 100+ standout Royal Worcester pieces from the Estate of Stuart Brown.

Born from late-19th century innovation under Richard William Binns, Royal Worcester rose to global prominence for its refined porcelain and technical mastery. Shaped by international influence, especially Japanโ€™s artistic impact after 1853, the factory developed its signature japanesque aesthetic.

Designers like James Hadley pushed the style further, producing richly enameled ivory porcelain works defined by exotic forms, intricate detail, and unmistakable craftsmanship that cemented the brandโ€™s legacy.

๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป โ€ข ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ

Great period furniture.Great decorative arts.Great textiles.Great estates.Discover greatness โ†’ toomeyco.com๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€...
05/06/2026

Great period furniture.
Great decorative arts.
Great textiles.
Great estates.

Discover greatness โ†’ toomeyco.com

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€ข ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ...
05/05/2026

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค, โ€œ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.โ€

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๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป โ€ข ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎโฉ

Enduring works. Exceptional estates.A curated sweep across three centuries of fine and decorative arts.๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€ข ๐— ...
05/03/2026

Enduring works. Exceptional estates.

A curated sweep across three centuries of fine and decorative arts.

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€ข ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ

๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ โ€ข Preceding ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ on May 12th, Toomey & Co. will auction over 100 striking examples of ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ...
05/01/2026

๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ โ€ข Preceding ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ on May 12th, Toomey & Co. will auction over 100 striking examples of ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† in ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป.

Under Richard William Binns in the late-19th century, Royal Worcester evolved into one of Britainโ€™s leading porcelain manufacturers, earning international recognition for its craftsmanship and innovation. Influenced by global artistic exchangeโ€”especially Japanese art after 1853โ€”the company developed a distinctive โ€œjapanesqueโ€ style, with designers like James Hadley creating decorative works featuring exotic forms and motifs in richly enameled โ€œivory porcelainโ€ that helped secure its reputation as a premier pottery.

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