Tiffany favrile and bronze
fish lamp on blown-metal pumpkin vase.
Bidder
Reels in Tiffany Fish Lamp for $128,800 at
Fontaine's
PITTSFIELD, MASS. - A strong selection of important lighting led
the way - including several rare Tiffany lamps - at Fontaine's
summer auction August 16-17.
Furnishings from the Romano estate, a banking family from Oak
Park, Ill., were also among the more than 1,200 items offered.
More than 400 lots were served up for the catalogued session on
Saturday, while Friday's "Discovery Sale" featured more than 800
lots, including some from the Romano estate. Highlights from that
estate included a dozen examples of RJ Horner furniture,
including a partners' desk and grandfather clock and a large
painting by the Russian artist Adolph Schreyer.
The top lot of the auction was a rare Tiffany Favrile and bronze
fish lamp on a blown metal pumpkin base which realized $128,800,
slightly above its high estimate. Also underlining the strong
prices across the board was a Handel Poppy lamp, featuring an
18-inch diameter shade reverse painted with vibrant red, pink and
orange poppies, which sold for $56,000. Highlighting furnishings
from the Romano estate was an RJ Horner grandfather clock, which
also sold for $84,000.
The auction grossed $2.4 million. A complete review of the
auction will appear in a future issue of Antiques and the Arts
Weekly.
