Ralph Fontaine’s Spectacular Unreserved Estate Fresh Auction
Sunday, June 25, at Noon
Previews: Saturday: 11 am – 5 pm, Sunday: 10 am – Noon
Location: Rt 22 Canaan, NY
Less than 3 miles north of the Mass Pike and NY Thruway (Exit B-3)
(1 mile South of Rt 295) (6 miles South of Rt 20)
413-442-2537 • 518-781-3650 Gallery
www.fontaineheritage.com
Over 500 lots • Estate Fresh with No Internet Bidding
The majority of the auction is from 3 estates. 1 major estate from
carriage house of the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park (head of
GQ Magazine), also a major estate from Lenox, MA (Stokes),
a prominent Lenox family, also several lots from a closed
prestigious Lenox B&B, plus additions
Terms: Cash, good check, Visa, MC, Amex 18% Buyer’s Premium 15% for cash
or good check. Absentee & Phone bids accepted (No internet bidding)
Fabulous heavily carved cabinet w/winged cupid supports (Hyde Park)
Painting of William III (“William Rex 1690”) signature J—- Pirx 49”x40” estate fresh
Pristine signed Dyrlund sideboard w/tambour do rs (several pcs Midcentury Modern) (estate)
Rare original grain painted oval Shaker box (estate)
Spectacular 19th C recamier in teakwood (1 of several pieces from Hyde Park)
Exceptional bridal box original paint (early 19th C) (estate) Over a dozen 18th & 19th C (Hyde Park)
Awesome untouched estate fresh Bike Repair, Cigar & Tonic sign
Great lifesize carved mermaid figure head (estate) 1 of 2 aluminum sculptures by King Chemistry, signed (Hyde Park)
Signed Tiffany Studio telescopic counter balance floor lamp
Over a dozen hand carved tribal carvings (estate)
Rare pair of hand carved 1920s black children w/cloth bodies & original clothes (estate) Several lots of black memorabilia
Pristine signed Dyrlund sideboard w/tambour doors
(several pcs Midcentury Modern) (estate)
Leaded doorway Sweets’ bean counter
Rare Eli Terry Jr banjo
Super walnut kneehole secretary
Oriental cupboard w/tiles Sweet Louis Vuitton trunk
1920s carnival game (Coney Island?)
Period tilt top Iron table w/pietra dura marble
2 early Gus Morris chairs (as found)
Period iron twig bench Albany blanket box w/eagle Harvey Probber chest
Great period cupboard in red
Fabulous heavily carved cabinet
w/winged cupid supports (Hyde Park)
Zevi recliner 19th C teakwood center table Pr fiberglass hand chairs (vintage) Lots of sterling Early Coke machine 1994 Mustang convertible 117K
6 tiger maple chairs
19th C Oriental
Awesome untouched estate fresh Bike
Repair & Cigar sign
Early Orientals
Painting of William III (“William Rex 1690″) signature J—- Pirx 49″x40” estate fresh
Retro tile by Ulla Darni Early frakturs, samplers & needleworks
Over a dozen 18th & 19th C Oriental woodcuts (Hyde Park)
Early Copeland 19th C bronze eagle
Exceptional bridal box original paint (early 19th C) (estate)
Whirligig 1890s Pr portraits (Bernice Ames) by Frederick Church NA
Rare original grain painted oval Shaker box (estate)
Spectacular 19th C recamier in teakwood
(1 of several pieces from Hyde Park)
Luftwaffe Officer’s dagger
Signed Tiffany
Studio telescopic counter balance floor lamp
Great lifesize carved mermaid figure head (estate)
Signed 19th C redware “colored” card holder
5 early redware figures
Unusual cast iron Tribal head golfer
Over a dozen hand carved tribal carvings (estate)
1 of 2 aluminum sculptures by King Chemistry (Hyde Park)
14 by 5′ runner Vintage
Thoro-Bred pinball, working
18th C Arabic Granite Egyptian head 2500 BCE
Awesome English silver tea set over 150 oz
Large buff transit
Carved wood mask Kelvin White nautical
Bausch & Lomb microscope
Awesome tobacco cutter
Rare pair of hand carved 1920s black children w/cloth bodies & original clothes (estate) Several lots of black memorabilia
Great 19th C horse head
Pr of retro hand lamps
Eagle weathervane
Remington Blackpowder
Period gilded Federal mirror
General George Ashe Ruger Blackpowder Silver
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5 Church Hill Road / Newtown, CT 06470
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