October 23, 2010 at
10am On-Site Unreserved
Exceptional Estate Auction
(Elizabethtown, PA)
Internet, Floor, Absentee
and phone bidding We
have been commissioned to
sell the contents of the
Conewago Manor Inn, on site
2048 Zeager Road,
Elizabethtown Pa. 17022
Absentee and phone bid form
coming soon
November 13, 2010
Exceptional Cataloged
Antique Auction (At
Fontaine's) Internet,
Floor, Absentee and phone
bidding Over 400 lots of
antique furniture, lighting,
and accessories.
Consignments are being
accepted for this auction
call John Fontaine
413-448-8922 Antique
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Fontaine's
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Fontaine's, Fall and
Winter
Auctions
June
16th 2008
PITTSFIELD — They came to
buy time.
More than 100 collectors and dealers
bid on 525 antique clocks yesterday
afternoon at Fontaine's Auction
Gallery on West Housatonic Street
during Berkshire County's first
clock auction.
Hundreds more across the United
States and around the world
participated by bidding at home with
the Internet sites eBay Live and
Proxibid.
Auctioneer John Fontaine said the
six-hour auction was expected to
fetch close to $1 million in total
sales.
The clocks ranged from the late
1700s to the 1950s, from a cell
phone-size nightstand clock to an
8-foot-tall grandfather clock, and
from $25 to $170,000.
The latter — an 1870, 94-inch-tall
E. Howard & Co. #61 Astronomical —
was purchased by a man from Houston,
who wished to remain anonymous.
"It's a rare one," said the man, who
flew up just for the auction.
The bidding lasted only four
minutes, and once it topped
$100,000, it was between a phone
bidder and the man from Texas, who
said he had an idea who his
competition was. "Clock collectors
are a small, friendly fraternity, so
I'm sure I know the guy."
He said he has been collecting
clocks for more than 30 years. This
one, which is not the most expensive
he has ever purchased, is destined
for a nook in his home.
Fontaine said he came up with the
idea to host a clock auction four
months ago, when he purchased
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a large clock collection from a
Scranton, Pa., estate.
Many of those auctioned yesterday
were on consignment, and Fontaine
charged a 20 percent commission.
"A lot of these people here are
either collectors or dealers," he
said. "It's a hobby."
Fontaine's tongue-twisting cadence
competed with the intermittent
chimes from grandfather clocks lined
across the walls of the auction
house.
And some of the clocks didn't seem
like clocks at all. One, estimated
at $15,000, looked more like an
elaborate Rube Goldberg machine,
with a series of balls dropping out
of buckets and sliding down
elevators, turning the hands of the
clock.
Another piece that sold for $32,500
was a bronze locomotive with a small
clock on the cab. And several clocks
were sculpted figurines that just
happened to have timepieces.
Fontaine said clocks don't just tell
time, they are antiques, and they
can dress up a living room like a
piece of furniture.
Paul MacDonnell, 62, drove from
Carlisle yesterday to catch the
auction. He owns dozens of clocks
and was on the hunt for a Vienna
regulator — an ornate,
wall-mounted-style of clock — but
left before it came up for bid.
"This is a popular hobby," he said.
"We like to repair them and watch
them. Clock collectors are their own
subculture."
Consignments receive national
exposure with catalogue mailings to
our 30 year customer database of
over 15,000 qualified buyers and
online through;
www.worthpoint.com
www.artfact.com
www.ebay-liveauctions.com
www.auctionzip.com
www.globalauctionguide.com
NAWCC National Association of Watch
and Clock Collectors
Plus dozens of National Print
Publications!
E. Howard #61 Astronomical
Floor Regulator w/ mercury
pendulum.
Elmer O. Stennes Girandole
weight-driven Banjo
Antique Clocks: Seth Thomas
Parlor Calendar #4 Clock
September
11, 2010 Antique
Estate &
Discovery Auction (At
Fontaine's) Floor,
Absentee and phone bidding Over 500 lots in
antiques and
accessories mostly from
local estates.
September
12, 2010 Military,
Antique Firearms & Antique
Discovery Auction (At
Fontaine's) Internet,
Floor, Absentee and phone
bidding Over 500 lots in
Civil War, military and
antique firearms.
September 25, 2010 at
10am Unreserved Antique
Estate Auction (At
Fontaine's) Internet,
Floor, Absentee and phone
bidding Over 650 items
to be sold in two sessions.
We will be selling a fine
Newport RI Ocean Avenue
Estate (Name withheld upon
request of heirs.) all items
have been moved to the
gallery for convenience of
sale.
November 13, 2010
Exceptional Cataloged
Antique Auction (At
Fontaine's) Internet,
Floor, Absentee and phone
bidding Over 400 lots of
antique furniture, lighting,
and accessories.
Consignments are being
accepted for this auction
call John Fontaine
413-448-8922 Antique
Consignments Wanted For
Fontaine's
Fall & Winter Auctions
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