Upcoming Auctions March
20, 2010
Antique Estate Auction March
21, 2010
Event - Is Your Antique Lighting
Real Spring
Auctions
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.
Consign to our upcoming
auctions and ask about our 0%
sellers commission. (limited
time only)
Auction
Previews At Fontaine's
Auction Gallery Saturday 8am
to 11am, Auction starts at
11am.
Upcoming
Antique Auctions At Fontaine's:
March 20, 2010
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Antique Estate
Auction (At Fontaine's
Pittsfield MA) This will be a large
auction feature over 700 lots of
antiques and accessories mostly from
local estates to include Early American,
Victorian, Period Empire, Turn of
Century Oak, Arts & Crafts, Antique
Wicker & Custom Mahogany Furniture,
Clocks, Antique Lighting incl. Table
Lamps, Domes & Chandeliers, Sterling
Silver, Porcelains, Pottery, Artglass,
Cut Glass, Tiffany Pieces, Music Boxes,
Oriental Rugs, Bronzes, Paintings, Plus
hundreds of related accessories.
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.
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"
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!
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.
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information about Fontaine's Antique
Clock Auction on June 14, 2008 and may
contains information and photos of
antique clocks from copyrighted sources.
If you would like to reprint any antique
clock information found on this site
please contact Fontaine's Antique
Auction Gallery for more information.
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