Cottone Fine Art, Antiques & Clocks
September 18, 12 pm
120 Court Street
Geneseo, NY
585-243-1000
www.cottoneauctions.com
GENESEO, N.Y. — Cottone Auctions’ late summer fine art, antiques and clock auction returns on Saturday, September 18, at noon Eastern time, featuring items from the collection of Mr and Mrs Roy W. Doolittle Jr of Buffalo, N.Y., including an important work by John F. Kensett (American, 1816-1872) and early Twentieth Century lighting by Tiffany Studios.
Also offered will be clocks from the collection of W.C. Moodie Sr and sons, which represent three generations of clock collecting in East Hanover, N.J., items from the prominent Wadsworth family of Geneseo, N.Y., plus items from private institutions, estates and individuals. The sale will be conducted online.
A fresh-to-the-market oil on canvas painting by John Frederick Kensett, titled “Singing Beach & Eagle Rock, Magnolia, Massachusetts,” highlights the fine arts being offered ($200/400,000).
“Your Kensett strikes me as being a very fine one,” said John K. Howat, assistant curator of American paintings and sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in a letter to Adrian W. Smith on May 25, 1965. “The painting’s arrangement and colors are very clear and forceful — a good sign in Kensett’s work. The silence of these spare Kensetts is very impressive.”
Another painting on offer is a portrait by Jules Joseph LeFebvre (French, 1836-1911), titled “Morning Glory” ($50/80,000), from the estate of Mickey Sabety of Oceanside, N.Y., acquired in the early 1950s. Modern and contemporary art includes an oil on canvas designator by Ted Stamm (American, 1944-1984), titled “DGR-32 (Dodger),” 1976 ($40/60,000). Other artists include Ed Ruscha, Robert Motherwell, Sam Francis, Patrick Heron and Vu Cao Dam.
The sale’s many lamps will be led by a rare Tiffany Studios elaborate Peony lamp on a telescopic library base with a 22-inch shade ($250/500,000); a Tiffany Studios Nasturtium table lamp on a tree trunk base with a 22-inch shade ($70/100,000); a Tiffany Studios, Lily Pad table lamp on a twisted vine base with a 20-inch shade ($60/80,000), a rare Tiffany Studios grape trellis chandelier ($50/80,000) and a rare Duffner and Kimberly Poppy floor lamp on a renaissance floor base ($50/80,000).
The clocks category features a rare E. Howard & Co. No 49 astronomical hanging regulator, purchased directly from Edward Howard in 1875 by Henry Abbott ($50/80,000). Other highlights include a rare D.J. Gale astronomical calendar gallery clock, patent model 1871 ($15/25,000) and a Robert Houdin, Paris mystery swinging clock ($7/10,000).
Americana will feature two Navajo weavings, one a Second Phase chief’s blanket, circa 1860-70 ($40/60,000), the other a Navajo transitional blanket ($10/15,000). Both were descended in the family of Othniel Charles Marsh, a paleontologist at Yale University. The blankets were purportedly given to him by Red Cloud, the Native American Sioux chief.
Period furniture will be led by a rare Chippendale serpentine blocked-end slant-front desk, circa 1770 ($7/10,000), figured mahogany with a deep rich amber patina, shell carved and blocked interior, bold ball and claw feet with original period brasses, from the Wadsworth family; and a diminutive New England Queen Anne tiger maple highboy, circa 1740-60, with a deep rich honey brown patina, cabriole legs and pad feet with period brasses, purchased from Israel Sack in the 1940s ($7/10,000).
In all, more than 200 lots will come up for bid. Previews are by appointment. Online bidding will be facilitated by Cottone Auctions; register to bid at live.cottoneauctions.com. Bidding via LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com will also be available. Telephone and absentee bids will be accepted. To place bids, call the Cottone Auctions gallery at 585-243-1000, or register through the website.Featuring fine clocks from the collection of W.C. Moddie, Senior and Son’s, three generations of clock collecting. Calculagraph Co., East Hanover, New Jersey
Fine & Rare E. Howard & Co. No. 48
Astronomical Hanging Regulator
circa 1870. Ht. 8 ft. 5 in
$50,000-$80,000
Robert Houdini, Paris Mystery Clock
$7,000-$10,000
Rare D.J. Gale’s Astonomical Calendar Gallery Clock, Dia. 38 in.
$15,000-$25,000
Seth Thomas Office Calendar No. 5
$5,000-$8,000
Seth Thomas Office Calendar No. 8
$10,000-$15,000
Waltham Precision Regulator
$4,000-$6,000
A fine selection of Original Tiffany Studios, New York Lamps.
Fine & Rare Elaborate Peony
Dragonfly Lamp
Nasturtium Lamp
Bamboo Lamp
Lily Pad Lamp
John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872) Singing Beach & Eagle Rock, Magnolia, MA
oil on canvas, signed J. F. K. 68′ (lower left) 22 x 36 in. $200,000-$400,000
Jules Joseph LeFebvre (French, 1836-1911) “Morning Glory” 50 x 33 1/2 in. Frame 6 ft. x 52 in.
Estate of Mickey Sabety, Oceanside, New York, acquired circa 1950.
$50,000-$80,000
Fine & Rare Chippendale Figured Mahogany Serpentine and Blocked-End
Slant-Front Desk
Boston, circa 1770. Ht. 43 in. W. 41 in. D 23 in.
Descended in the historic Wadsworth family, Geneseo, New York.
Est. $7,000-$10,000
Jules Joseph LeFebvre (French, 1836-1911)
Morning Glory
oil on canvas. 50 x 33 1/2 in.
Estate of Mickey Sabety, Oceanside, NY
Est. $50,000-$80,000
John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816-1872) Singing Beach & Eagle Rock, Magnolia, MA
oil on canvas. 22 in. x 36 in.
Exhibited: Albright Knox, Buffalo, NY
1858 and again in 1983.
Harry Shaw Newman (Old Print Shop), NY
J. Vandenbergh, Nassau Galleries, Andover, MA
Victor D. Spark, New York, NY
Mrs. Adrian Smith, (Lusyd Wright Keating)
Mr. & Mrs. Roy W. Doolittle, Jr., Buffalo, NY
Est. $200,000-$400,000
Tiffany Studios, NY Dragonfly Table Lamp
circa 1910. Ht. 26 in. Shade Dia. 20 in.
Sheldon Barr and Tom Gardner, New York, NY
A Private Collection
Est. $60,000-$80,000
Serapi Oriental Rug
19th century. 16’ 9” x 12’ 9”
A Buffalo, NY Estate
Est. $5,000-$8,000
Turkish Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
Max L 38 in. Blade: 31 1/2 in.
Descended in the historic Wadsworth family, Geneseo, New York.
Est. $3,000-$5,000
Tiffany Studios, New York Grape Trellis
Chandelier
circa 1910. Ht 44 in. Shade Dia. 28 1/2 in.
Est.$50,000-$80,000
Fine and Rare Duffner & Kimberly Poppy Floor Lamp
circa 1910. Ht. 72 Shade Dia 28 in.
Est. $50,000-$80,000
Navajo (Second Phase) Chief’s Blanket
circa 1860-1870. Late classic period. 44 x 59 in.
Purportedly – Red Cloud, Sioux Chief (1822-1909)
Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899)
Rowenna Marsh Washburn Atwater (1899-1993)
James P. Atwater, Rochester, New York.
Est. $40,000-$60,000
Robert Houdin, Paris Mystery Swinging Clock
19th century. 25 x 16 in.
From the private collection of the Calculagraph Co. East Hanover, New Jersey and the proceeding three generations.
Est. $7,000-$10,000
Rare Sèvres Porcelain Plate from the
Iconographique Français Service
circa 1820. Alexis Claude Clairaut. 9 1/4 in.
Descended in the historic Wadsworth family, Geneseo, New York.
Est. $5,000-$8,000
Fine & Rare E. Howard & Co. No. 49
Astronomical Hanging Regulator
circa 1874. Ht. 8’ 5” Max W 36” D 14”
Edward Howard (1813–1904), E. Howard & Co.
Henry G. Abbott (1869-1943), purchased in 1875
From the private collection of the Calculagraph Co. East Hanover, New Jersey and the proceeding three generations.
Est. $50,000-$80,000
Ted Stamm (American, 1944-1984)
DGR-32 (Dodger)
oil on canvas. 1976-77. 44 3/4 x 108 in.
Private collection
Est. $40,000-$60,000
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