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Paintings Arts & Crafts,
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March
21, 2010
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EVENT
- Is your Tiffany Lamp Authentic?
Fontaine’s will hold a special seminar
on the Lamps of Tiffany, with special
guest speaker nationally renowned
Tiffany Lamp expert Paul Crist. Bring
your Tiffany, Handel, Pairpoint, Duffner
& Kimberly Lamps for a free
authentication. A special certificate of
authenticity can also be acquired. (At
Fontaine's, Pittsfield MA) - Please call
for an appointment and seating:
413-448-8922
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Consignments Wanted For
Fontaine's Spring & Summer Auctions
We are looking for
antique consignments
to our Spring and Summer Antique Auctions -We
also buy Antiques and entire
estates outright -
call today - 413-448-8922
and speak to John Fontaine.
0%
commission on high-quality
consignments.
We are looking for high-quality
items or collections for our
upcoming catalogs. We are
looking to buy or for
consignment, the following and
offering 0% Commission.
Clocks & Watches Lighting
(Tiffany, Duffner & Kimberly,
Handel, Pairpoint, etc.)
Victorian, Carved Oak, American
and Mahogany Furniture, Fine Art
& Paintings Arts & Crafts,
Mission, Antique and Rare
Firearms, swords & weapons,
armor and uniforms.
In the above photos, 2 lots from our upcoming auction. 10 pieces attributed to R J Horner dining Room Set and a George A. Jones Astronomical
Regulator Clock in a Herter Brothers case. H 10’3", W 67", D 19"
We
are pleased to be assisted
in the preparation of this
auction and catalogue by
Steven N. Mitchell, Watch &
Clock Consultant. Steve has
painstakingly examined each
clock, removed the dial and
thoroughly checked each item
listed in the catalogue for
condition and authenticity.
Steve is a watchmaker and
clockmaker by trade. He
apprenticed under Daniel J.
Bosworth of Concord New
Hampshire for 6 years and
formed a partnership and
corporation with Mr.
Bosworth “Mitchell &
Bosworth Inc.” that has been
in operation since 1986.
Steve was owner and
auctioneer of “Time & Strike
Auction Co.” of Allenstown,
New Hampshire. The firm
specialized in the sale of
antique pocket watches,
wristwatches and clocks for
7 years from 1997 to 2004.
Steve presently practices
antique pocket watch,
wristwatch and clock
restoration out of his shop
in Concord, New Hampshire.
He will be in the gallery on
the preview and auction days
from June 12th thru June
14th . If you have any
questions about the clocks
in this auction or
descriptions in the
catalogue, please call the
gallery at 413-448-8922 or
visit Steve in person at the
gallery.
Buy This Past Auction
Catalog.
June 14
2008 – Full color 64 page, 276 Lot
Important Antique Clock Auction
Catalog with Prices Realized.
Price includes shipping.
Professionally taken full color
photographs and detailed
condition information,
Fontaine's Past Auction catalogs
are highly valued not just in
the United States, but
internationally not only as
reference guides, but also as
price guides used by
professional appraisers world
wide.
Fontaine's
Antique Auction Gallery June 14th,
Important Spring Antique Clock Auction
June 14, 2008 Antique
Clock Auction Catalog Corrections:
Addendum Sheet
Lot 14
Has 4 small holes, drilled in the
back collar. Unknown purpose.
Lot 21
Not all
original paint. Shows some touch
ups under black light.
Lot 139
The # on the movement is 687524
Lot 25
One Day Austrian – Not 8 day
English.
Lot 84
Time only movement – Not time and
strike.
Lot 27
106” tall not 95” tall.
Lot 86
Has some damage to the hour 10
numeral.
Session 1,
June 14th starting at 11:00
a.m.
The
discovery auction will
feature over 200 uncatalogued
clocks. You must be in
person at the gallery to
preview and bid on these
clocks as they are
uncatalogued and are sold as
is. We will be selling the
discovery auction clocks in
the 2 hours preceding the
main catalogue auction
event.
Session 2.
June 14th starting at 1:00
p.m
The
main auction will feature
300 catalogued
clocks to be sold in
numbered order. You can bid
with confidence whether you
are present in the gallery,
on the phone, absentee
bidding or EBAY live, as
these clocks will be sold
fully described and
guaranteed.
Previews:
Thursday June 12th 10:00 am
– 5:00 pm
Friday June 13th 10:00 am –
5:00 pm
Saturday June 14th 8:00 am –
11:00 am
Please let us know if you would
like our Antique Clock Auction
Catalog mailed to you. As this
is a very specialized auction, we
are only mailing this full color
catalog upon request. If you are
on our mailing list, please call and
let us know you would like this
catalog also.
Date: June 14, 2008 Time: 11:00 am Previews:
Friday June 13th 10am-5pm Saturday
June 14th 8am-11am Location: Fontaine's Auction
Gallery 1485 West Housatonic St ,
Pittsfield, MA 01201 Phone: 413-448-8922
Auction
Details:Auction
to include:
This auction will feature over 500
clocks including a collection of E.
Howards #1, #3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9,
#10, #11, #61 astronomical, #70 (16”
dial), #89, Over 20 standing clocks
including Norton rocking ship, 40
weight driven wall clocks, including
Welch #1, Seth Thomas #1 extra, #2.
#3. #6, Selection of double dials
including Seth Thomas Bank #8,
Office calendar #1, #2, #4, Parlor
calendar #10, Fashion models etc.,
Elmer O. Stennes girondole, Rocking
ship tall clock, Lyre banjo, Brides
model presentation, Foster Campos
banjo clocks, French industrials,
Annular, Empire silk thread,
Swinging arm, Animated, Lyre, etc.,
Chelsea ships clocks, Ripple fronts,
Pattis, Banjo clocks, Pillar &
scroll etc.
See some of the Antique Clocks on
video at the bottom of the page.
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over 15,000 qualified buyers and
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NAWCC National Association of Watch
and Clock Collectors
Plus dozens of National Print
Publications!
E. HOWARD & CO. #61
ASTRONOMICAL FLOOR
REGULATOR.
This is a time only weight
driven floor standing
astronomical regulator. This
clock has a 14 inch white
painted dial with wood
bezel. This clock stands 7
feet 10 inches high, has a
solid massive brass movement
with jeweled pallets and a
graham dead beat escapement.
The movement is a model #3
movement. The case has been
refinished and has a chip to
the carving on the left rear
top of the crest. The dial
has been refinished. The
hands are typical and are in
the Howard style. The
pendulum has a four jar
mercury bob. The clock has a
Howard fancy brass pulley
with typical Howard brass
weight. The weight is
compounded once and runs
down the side of the case.
The clock has a silvered
regulator. Half of the
Geneva stop is missing. This
clock is from a private
collector and has never been
offered for sale. It is set
up and running. 31"W x 94"H
x 4"D.
Estimate
$50,000 - 75,000.
Lot 20
NORTON ROCKING SHIP
GRANDFATHER CLOCK.
Period Philadelphia 8 day
time and strike grandfather
clock with rocking ship. The
dial is signed Norton. The
clock is brass 8 day time
and strike with rack and
snail and hour strike on the
bell. It has a calendar
mechanism for the day of the
month. The clock has a good
period seatboard and period
walnut Chippendale case, OG
bracket base and broken
arched top with original
carved rosettes & wooden
flame finials. 20.5"W x
100"H x 11"D.
Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000.
Lot 32
FRENCH INDUSTRIAL
ANIMATED TRAIN CLOCK.
Features a 2 color gilded
brass and dark patinated
bronze locomotive. 8 day
time and half hour strike
movement located in the cab
and a barometer on the
boiler both of which have
silvered dials. The wheels
of the locomotive are
animated, driven by a
separate movement in the
base. The platform base
under the tracks is black
marble. Circa 1910.
Excellent working condition.
18.5"W x 15"H x 9"D.
Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000.
Lot 27
HORNER MAHOGANY
GRANDFATHER CLOCK.
An exceptional mahogany
case, among the finest
produced by R.J Horner. The
upper bonnet has detailed
full bodied lions with a
carved cherub at the bottom
and a carved claw foot base.
Case is in near perfect
original condition. Color
and patina are excellent.
High quality English 9 tube
movement with calendar moon
dial, retailed through
Joseph Jennens, Skinner St.
Clerkenwell, London. 27"W x
95"H x 18"D.
Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000.
Lot 163
JOSEPH JENNENS INLAID
GRANDFATHER CLOCK.
Joseph Jennens grandfather
clock in a documented Tobey
case. This is a massive
mahogany grandfather clock
with incredible inlay. It
has a signed brass dial with
moon phase and typical
pierced style hands, silver
chapter ring, raised gold
Arabic hour numerals and
silent chime switch. The
massive time, strike and
chime restored brass clock
movement was made in
England. The clock has 8
tubes for the Westminster
and Whittington chime
selection. It strikes the
hour on a coiled cathedral
anvil. The clock has a
massive mahogany seat board.
It is totally restored,
highly polished,
exceptionally cleaned, and
immaculate. The weights are
brass shells, highly
polished, large and massive.
The clock has an impressive
bonnet with intricate inlay
and three brass finials. The
case is numbered #944. A
shaped beveled glass in the
waiste door and in both side
panels. 24"W x 102"H x 16"D.
Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000.
Lot 79
BIEDERMEIER LANTERN CLOCK
CIRCA 1830.
Austrian figured mahogany
circa 1830 lantern clock
with satinwood string inlay
at the edges and arched
throat glass. 8 day single
weight movement. Porcelain
dial with some wear to the
name & painted roman
numerals. Clock is in
exceptional original
condition. Crack to one side
glass. 10.5"W x 40"H x 5"D.
Estimate
$12,000 - 15,000.
Lot 33
JAMES DOUTT GRANFATHER
CLOCK.
Period 8 day time and strike
tall clock attributed to
James Doutt from Charleston
Mass. This clock is in a
figured mahogany case with
birds eye maple panels. Has
silver appointments,
trimmings, and hinges. The
movement is an 8 day time
and strike. Typical pillar
and plate construction with
rack and snail strike system
that has been silver plated
along with the movement. The
time frame does have
maintaining power. The clock
has a compensated pendulum
signed Carlton G. W.
Stewart, A. Lawrence Patents
January 15, 1889 and
February 3, 1891. The
movement has a very unusual
seat board that is skeleton
eyed and extremely well
made. 20"W x 97"H x 10.5"D.
Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000.
Lot 37
WATER WHEEL CLOCK ATTR.
PLACHON.
This clock has a glass dial,
Brocot escapement and a
three wheel train driven by
the steel balls in the right
hand side of the paddle
wheel which is connected to
the center wheel. The balls,
after leaving the paddle
wheel, are guided to the
base of an elevator
consisting of a series of
buckets which lift the balls
so that they may once again
be placed on the top of the
paddle-wheel. The buckets
are driven by two concealed
springs in the base acting
in tandem. In the center of
the elevator is a
thermometer and above 12
o'clock an aneroid
barometer. Bronze mounted
rosewood base and in a glass
enclosed display case (not
shown). An example of this
clock was shown in the
Exposition Universelle of
1900. 18"W x 21"H x 5.5"D.
Estimate
$15,000 - 25,000.
Lot 64
FRENCH INDUSTRIAL STEAM
CLOCK & BAROMETER.
A large central cylinder and
piston with a vertical
connecting rod powers the
flywheel with a centrifugal
governor assembly. The
cylinder has two large
fireboxes on either side
mounted with boilers, and
with all attendant pressure
lines and tubing leading to
the cylinder. There is also
a barometer over the right
firebox and a thermometer
behind the cylinder. The
automation is driven by a
separate spring motor housed
in the base, powering the
flywheel. Featuring clean
gilt and silvering
throughout on a rouge marble
base, Circa 1890. 14"W x
18"H x 7"D.
Estimate
$12,000 - 15,000.
Lot 55
DUTCH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
8 DAY 2 TRAIN TALL CLOCK.
This clock strikes 1 bell on
the half hour and a larger
bell on the hour. The clock
has a three date calendar
mechanism, day of the week,
day of the month, and month
of the year. The dial is
signed Kroon and does have a
moon phase. The case is
heavily inlaid with gilded
brass mounts. The bonnet has
reticulated carvings with
figures. The clock has a
steel pendulum rod and brass
bob with 2 weights. Made by
Claas Kroon, Leeuwarden.
24.5"W x 110"H x 11"D.
Estimate
$12,000 - 15,000.
March
21, 2010
-
EVENT
- Is your Tiffany Lamp Authentic?
Fontaine’s will hold a special seminar
on the Lamps of Tiffany, with special
guest speaker nationally renowned
Tiffany Lamp expert Paul Crist. Bring
your Tiffany, Handel, Pairpoint, Duffner
& Kimberly Lamps for a free
authentication. A special certificate of
authenticity can also be acquired. (At
Fontaine's, Pittsfield MA) - Please call
for an appointment and seating:
413-448-8922
Antique
Consignments Wanted For
Fontaine's Spring & Summer Auctions
We are looking for
antique consignments
to our Spring and Summer Antique Auctions -We
also buy Antiques and entire
estates outright -
call today - 413-448-8922
and speak to John Fontaine.
0%
commission on high-quality
consignments.
We are looking for high-quality
items or collections for our
upcoming catalogs. We are
looking to buy or for
consignment, the following and
offering 0% Commission.
Clocks & Watches Lighting
(Tiffany, Duffner & Kimberly,
Handel, Pairpoint, etc.)
Victorian, Carved Oak, American
and Mahogany Furniture, Fine Art
& Paintings Arts & Crafts,
Mission, Antique and Rare
Firearms, swords & weapons,
armor and uniforms.
Past Auction Results for our Antique Clock Auctions
EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE AUCTION September 29th, 2007
Lot #:9
DETAILS:French Silver Jeweled and Enameled Lyre Clock. Green enameling, amber jewels at feet, lighter jewels on base at at top. Chasing on back. Excellent condition.
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uncatalogued
clocks. You must be in
person at the gallery to
preview and bid on these
clocks as they are
uncatalogued and are sold as
is. We will be selling the
discovery auction clocks in
the 2 hours preceding the
main catalogue auction
event.
