Pegasus Auctions Antique Estate Auction
Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 1:30pm
With a continuous preview from noon
Held at the Owego Moose Lodge
3 Goodrich Road, Owego, New York 13827
Visit us at: www.pegasusauctionsny.com

OWEGO, NY — On Sunday, January 2, at 1:30 pm, Pegasus Auctions will welcome the New Year with an antiques estate auction featuring several rare and newly discovered items from the estate collection of a prominent industrialist.

One of the highlights will include an important French violin by Charles Jean-Baptiste Collin-Mezin. The instrument is visibly signed by the master on the interior in pen and ink: Collin Mezin, with an elaborate flourish of the hand. The interior label reads: Ch. Jb. Mezin Luthier a Paris, 1899, Rue Du Faube Poissonniere No. 29. Collin-Mezin was one of the leading French violin makers of the Nineteenth Century. He was an Officier de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts and won gold and silver medals at the Paris Exhibitions in 1878, 1889 and 1900. The violin has its original case inscribed: Paris 1900 and is accompanied by two signed bows found together in its case. The first is a Collin-Mezin Paris bow while the second bears the Gemunder name.

Another highlight is a rare and unusual Qing dynasty large Chinese temple censer with intricate design. One’s first instinct is to simply reach out to pick it up. The first surprise is that it’s remarkably heavy, the censer is fashioned out of iron, the second being that it comes apart into three sections, a base, center body and top. The decoration consists of rich and elaborate enamel floral decoration in tones of pink, turquoise, green, blue, white and more. The censer is also embellished with elaborate painted birds on each side. The icing on the cake is the cartouche on the front left side bearing Chinese lettering in white enamel. The lettering refers to the censer being a presentation piece to a Japanese diplomat or important persona from Akaga (Japan). The total height measures 19 inches.

Fine art will be represented with a painting by the French artist Jules Worms. Graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and making his debut at the Paris salon in 1859, his early travels to Spain endowed a great love of the country, becoming well known for Spanish genre, bright vivid colors and realistic action. This work is signed and dated 1906. Paintings done by the artist are usually of a smaller, manageable size. One of his most famous works, “La Romance à la mode” in the Musée d’Orsay measures approximately 18 by 26 inches. By contrast, this canvas alone measures 26 by 34½ inches, the largest work on record for the artist.

Estate bronzes will also be offered, including a Carl Kauba figural Native American Indian with a feathered headdress and hunting rifle. The patina is rich and glowing bearing the signature of the artist on the reverse. The sale includes a pair of large bronze figures by Eugene Laurent depicting Mozart with violin and music stand and Lulli holding a violin.
Asian antique offerings include a large and glazed Edo period Shigaraki pottery water jar for a tea ceremony with its spout opening at the base. Also offered is a Japanese Meiji period bronze censer in the form of a deer.

Other noteworthy items include an engraved early Harry B. Jay jazz trumpet Columbia model manufactured in Chicago, as well as a folk art carved and polychrome wooden horse-drawn sleigh. Jewelry includes a Geneve 18K yellow gold and diamond wristwatch. Finally, a most unusual pair of Nineteenth Century intricately carved Black Forest walnut side chairs with lidded seats and of impressive size will cross the block.

Rounding out the sale will be art, cut glass, art pottery and many other interesting and unusual estate items.
The sale will be conducted at the Owego Moose Lodge, 3 Goodrich Road. For information, www.pegasusauctionsny.com or 607-724-3567.

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Featuring 2 newly discovered estate finds including an exceptional Charles Jean-Baptiste Collin-Mezin violin and a very important and extremely rare Qing Dynasty Chinese Temple Censer, extensively engraved early jazz Harry B. Jay trumpet, 18k gold & diamond Geneve wristwatch, Carl Kauba Indian Chief bronze & other large bronzes, fine Edo Period Japanese Shigaraki pottery, water jar, other violin bows and much more
Jules Worms, French Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1906, the  canvas measures 26 by 34.5 in. This is the largest of his works offered to date! A most impressive size.
Important signed Charles Jean-Baptiste Collin-Mezin violin The label reading as follows: CH. J.B. Collin-Mezin Luthier a Paris CM+1899, Rue du Daube & Poissonniere  No. 29
Hand dated 1899 by the master himself Very important and extremely rare Qing Dynasty Chinese Temple Censer, a presentation to a Japanese diplomat