Cottone Auctions – September Auction
September 20 & 21, 2024
120 Court Street, Geneseo, New York 14454
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GENESEO, N.Y. — On September 20, Cottone Auctions will feature the collection of Dr Martin May of Plantation, Fla. A Brooklyn, N.Y., native, Dr May was described as a Renaissance man, orthopedic physician, businessman, author and an avid collector. Highlighting his collection are a wide array of rare leaded lamps and lighting by Duffner & Kimberly; Bigelow, Kennard & Co.; and Handel; art glass and art pottery by Tiffany Studios and Rookwood; Nineteenth Century oil lamp chandeliers and student lamps and a collection of R. J. Horner furniture.

Dr May’s collection of leaded lamps includes a rare Duffner & Kimberly Dragon lamp, circa 1906. One of four known examples and the first to appear at public auction, it is estimated at $50/80,000. Another highlight of his collection is a rare Aquarium lamp by Handel with a rippled glass shade ($20/30,000). A large chandelier from Bigelow, Kennard, & Co., a rare Cherry Blossom with three hanging satellite shades, circa 1910, is the only example known of its kind ($20/40,000). Suess Ornamental Glass Company is represented by a rare Grape Trellis shade on a large bronze base with a matching motif. There are only a few known examples ($20/30,000).

More lamps by Duffner & Kimberly in the sale feature designs such as Roman ($20/40,000); Louis XV ($25/35,000); and a Modern Floral design ($30/50,000). A Wisteria and Nasturtium floor lamp will also be included. Additional lamps include obverse and reverse painted lamps by Handel. Featured will be a rare enameled and acid-cutback Peacock floor lamp ($10/15,000), as well as several Scenic lamps (each $3/5,000).
Decorative arts and furniture include notable pieces by R. J. Horner & Co., and a monumental oak sideboard, circa 1880. Elaborately carved quarter-sawn oak, this piece features design motifs of atlas figures, griffins, cherubs, masks with foliate decoration throughout ($8/12,000). Dr May’s collection has many leaded glass windows by Lamb Studios, Cincinnati, Third Street Studios and Henry Belcher Mosaic Glass Company. Decorative art glass and art pottery by Tiffany Studios, Greuby, Handel, Weller Sicard, Quezal, Rookwood and Newcomb will cross the block. From the collection of paperweight vases is a large, circa 1912, Tiffany Studios blown favrile glass paperweight vase ($15/25,000).

On September 21, Cottone Auctions will offer two fresh-to-the-market oil paintings by the trailblazing woman artist Jane Peterson (1876-1965). The canvases depicting Gloucester, which descended in the family of the original owners were purchased circa 1912, by Willis O. Chapin, author and contributing member of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery. The 24-by-30-inch canvases each hold estimates of $50/80,000. Among the finest examples of Jane Peterson’s work, “Gloucester” depicts one of the artist’s most celebrated subjects with her signature brilliant palette and dynamic brushwork. The innovative stylistic elements are the fundamental characteristics of her style that garnered her critical acclaim. The works were both likely exhibited at the Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, New York in 1917.

Also offered is a portrait of George Washington by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), which became known as one of his “porthole paintings.” The canvas painted circa 1846 was once owned by the grandson of artist Thomas Sully and was later purchased by Colonel Charles Clifton of Pierce Arrow Motor Car in 1926 from M. Knoedler & Company. The untouched, 36-by-30-inch canvas has an estimate of $200/400,000.

Lamps by Tiffany Studios include a Clematis table lamp with an 18-inch shade, excellent modeling, with confetti and streamer glass ($40/60,000). A Tiffany Studios Seven-Light Turtleback Tile Moorish chandelier with decorated pulled feather shades, circa 1905, is estimated $75/125,000. A Peony lamp is featured ($50/80,000). Additional highlights include a 12-light Lily, 16-inch Daffodil, 16-inch Tulip and Nautilus table lamp. Rare accessories include a Tiffany Studios Fern mirror ($15/25,000) and a mosaic favrile glass Arrowheads jardiniere ($25/35,000).

Two leaded glass windows by Tiffany will also be featured, including “The Crusader,” made circa 1890, which was inspired by the 1460 painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna ($50/80,000).

Modern art includes an abstract mixed media on canvas, titled “CV-6” by postwar Italian artist Afro Afro Basaldella (1912-1976). Purchased by a private collector, in Buffalo, N.Y., from Catherine Viviano Gallery, the canvas measuring 22 by 32 inches and dated 1968 holds an estimate of $20/40,000. An oil on plastered paper board, titled “Guitar Player,” by Arnaldo Roche Rabell (Puerto Rican, 1955-2018) from the estate of David Beaty, Warren, Penn., at 53 by 52 inches, is valued $8/12,000.
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Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) George Washington
Oil on canvas. Signed “Rembrandt Peale’ (lower left). 36 x 30 in. | Est. $2OO,OOO-$4OO,OOO
September 20, 2024 featuring the Important Collection of Dr. Martin May, A Plantation, Florida
Fine Lamps by Handel, Duffner & Kimberly, nd Biyelow, Kennard, & Co.
Jane Peterson (1876-1965) Gloucester Boats, (right) Oil on canvas. 30 x 24 in. in. | Est. $30,000-880,000
Jane Peterson (1876-1965) Gloucester Boats, (above) Oil on canvas. 24 x 30 in. | Est. $30,000-880,000

Elaborately Carved Furniture About 15 lots of R. J. Horner & Attributed Pieces
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