Cottone Auctions – Fine Art & Antiques Auction
September 23rd at 12 pm
120 Court Street, Geneseo, New York 14454
www.cottoneauctions.com
585-243-1000

GENESEO, N.Y. — Cottone Auctions’ late summer fine art and antiques auction on Friday, September 23, will feature items from the estate of Howard D. Booher Sr of Atwater, Ohio; the private Tiffany lamp collection of Rich and Pat Garthoeffner of Lititz, Penn., the estate of Al Turner, Bonita Springs, Fla.; and items from private institutions, estates and individuals.

The auction, online-only and beginning at noon Eastern time, is packed with more than 200 lots. Booher was the founder and chief executive officer of East Manufacturing Corporation for 54 years, an avid collector with an affinity for works by Tiffany Studios and Duffner & Kimberly. Over his lifetime, Booher amassed a noteworthy collection of early Twentieth Century lighting and leaded glass windows.

Duffner & Kimberly examples from the Booher collection include a rare Italian Renaissance table lamp with a 24-inch shade ($40/60,000); a Renaissance floor lamp; an Elizabethan table lamp; a Greek table lamp; and a rare counterbalance lamp. The estate also includes a historically important John La Farge (American, 1835-1910) Aesthetic lantern ($30/50,000).

Booher’s many works by Tiffany Studios include a documented leaded glass window of Boy David among luxuriant foliage, 6 feet 2 inches by 3 feet 4 inches ($50/80,000); and a rare Turtleback tile lantern ($30/50,000).

Tiffany Studios lamps from the collection of Rich and Pat Garthoeffner will be highlighted by a Peony lamp with an 18-inch shade ($40/60,000); and a Poinsettia lamp with 18-inch shade ($30/50,000). A Tiffany jeweled Dragonfly lamp with 14-inch shade ($30/50,000) will also be offered ($30/50,000).

Finishing off the Tiffany is a documented leaded glass Romanesque ornamental window, circa 1890, from a private Chicago collection, at 8 feet 5 inches by 4 feet 9½ inches ($50/80,000); an attributed suite of mahogany and leaded glass wisteria trellis doors, circa 1920 ($75/125,000); and three Moorish filigree screens, attributed to Louis C. Tiffany Company, Associated Artists (1881-1883) ($75/125,000).

The Twentieth Century design, paintings and prints will include an Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) gouache on paper titled “The Beams,” from Perls Galleries New York, acquired by a private collection in New York in 1966 ($40/60,000); and a cloud-form stacked and laminated walnut sideboard made in 1979 by Wendell Castle (American, 1932-2018) from the estate of Esther Germanow in Pittsford, N.Y. ($15/25,000).

Also offered will be a signed screenprint on wallpaper by Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), titled “Cow” (F. & S. II.11A), 46 by 29½ inches ($5/8,000); an oil painting by Jean Dufy (French, 1888-1964) titled “Les Cavaliers au Bois,” 22 by 18 inches ($10/15,000); and a magic realism work by T. Lux Feininger (German/American, 1910-2011) titled “The Cuyahoga Engine,” 20 by 29 inches ($10/15,000).

Highlights of the European painting and decorative arts category will feature a rare enconchado, oil and mother-of-pearl on panel attributed to Miguel & Juan Gonzalez, Mexican School, Seventeenth/Eighteenth Century, of Saint Simon the Zealot, 26¼ by 19½ inches ($3/5,000); and a Seventeenth Century oil on canvas English portrait, School of Van Dyke, 35¼ by 28¾ inches ($5/8,000).

Silver will feature a rare pair of Gorham sterling silver Art Nouveau candelabra from the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair, 13¾ by 14 by 4¾ inches ($15/25,000); a Tiffany & Co. English King sterling silver flatware service ($10/15,000); and a Japanese Export silver and enamel Wisteria bowl, circa 1900, by Sanju Saku, Yokohama, 4¾ by 8¾ inches ( $2/4,000).

Estate jewelry will feature a 3.65-carat marquise brilliant cut diamond ring ($20/30,000); a 5.66-carat emerald cut diamond ring ($25/50,000); and a lady’s Art Deco platinum, 4.55-carat emerald and 7.78-carat diamond bracelet ($8/12,000).

A rare Chinese Ming-style blue and white ewer, with the mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795), hand-painted porcelain will lead Asian items ($50/80,000). The ewer was given by the Dowager Empress Cixi (1835-1908) to the Honorable Edwin H. Conger (1843-1907) and Mrs Sarah (Pike) Conger, American envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to China. It has remained in the family ever since. Also sold will be a pair of Eighteenth Century Chinese export hexagonal porcelain vases, 16-5/8 inches tall ($4/6,000).

Live, in-gallery previews are available by appointment only and will be conducted in the Cottone Auctions gallery at 120 Court Street. For additional information, www.cottoneauctions.com or 585-243-1000.

Alexander Calder, Gouche on Paper. Est. $40,000-$60,000
Peony Lamp, Est. $40,000-$60,000
Wendell Castle Cloud Form Sideboard Est. $15,000-$25,000
Poinsettia Lamp, Est. $30,000-$50,000
Dragonfly Lamp, Est. $30,000-$50,000
Gorham Silver Art Nouveau Candelabras, Est. $15,000-$25,000
Attr. Louis C. Tiffany Company, Associated Artists (NY, 1881-1883) (3) Moorish Filigree Screens: Jeweled glass and bronze-dust coated copper wire. A similar example can be found at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. Max: 51 x 78 in. Est. $75,000-$125,000
Tiffany Studios, New York Leaded Glass Romanesque Ornamental Window, circa 1890: 8 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. 9 in.
Literature: Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Windows, The indispensable book on Louis C. Tiffany’s masterworks, 1980, p. 217mEst. $50,000-$80,000
Attr. Tiffany Studios, New York
Wisteria Trellis Doors, circa 1920: Mahogany and leaded glass. Glass in a latticework pattern beneath a blooming Wisteria vine. A similar example can be found at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Object number: 82.144. Doors 29 1/2 x 86 in. Sides 18 x 86 in. Est. $75,000-$125,000

Rare 18th C Ming-style Ewer Est. $50,000-$80,000
History of the Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas McKenney and James Hall, Vol. 1 & 2 Est. $15,000-$25,000
John La Farge (American, 1835-1910) Lantern Est. $30,000-$50,000
Duffner & Kimberly Italian Renaissance Table Lamp Est. $40,000-$60,000
Attr. to Thomas Chambers (American 1808-1866) Est. $3,000-$5,000
T. Lux Feininger (1910 – 2011) “The Cuyahoga Engine” Est. $10,000-$15,000
Fine Isaac Schoonmaker Tallcase Clock, Paterson, NJ Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680) Copper Plate Est. $10,000-$15,000