The top lot of Cottone’s Art & Antiques auction was this Poppy hanging lamp from Duffner & Kimberly, which bid to $72,000.
GENESEO, N.Y. – On November 2 and 3, Cottone Auctions conducted its Art & Antiques sale, offering more than 600 lots from all categories. The top lot in lighting and in the sale overall sold on the second day; a Duffner & Kimberly Poppy hanging lighting fixture which sold for $72,000. The rare shade is from the original interior of the Hilltop Mansion in Plymouth Mass., former residence of Swann Hartwell, acquired in the 1940s. More than 150 oil lamps from the lifelong collection of John and Mary Jo Knowles of Rochester, N.Y., finished out the sale on November 3, highlighted by a Boston & Sandwich Co Marbrie oil lamp, selling at $3,720.
Headlining Twentieth Century paintings and prints were two “Playing Cards” by Salvador Dalí that exceeded its estimate at $9,300. Works from a Buffalo, N.Y., collection included a Clyde Singer (American, 1908-1999) “Court Room Scene” that sold for $3,300 on November 2. Other standouts in the category included an oil on canvas by Emile A. Gruppe (American, 1896-1978), “King Street, Rockport, Mass.,” for $5,700 and John Von Wicht’s (German, 1888-1970) “Ghost Hill” from a private Upstate New York Institution, which bid to $6,600.
The top lot of the Asian art category was a pair of Chinese famille rose Bajixiang porcelain bowls from a Western New York estate that reached a total of $21,000. Highlighting Native American, Navajo jewelry and military items was an oversized Navajo weaving, that achieved $4,800; a Mexican sterling silver necklace and bracelets by Hector Aquilar sold for $2,520; and a pair of continental dueling pistols bid to $8,100.
Prices are quoted with buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house. Cottone’s next Art & Antiques auction will occur in January and is now accepting consignments. For information, 585-243-1000 or www.cottoneauctions.com.
