Fast cars, Tiffany lamps featured in Fontaine’s sale Oct. 20

Marty Seigel customized this Chevy Corvette in 1968-70. Estimate: $15,000-$25,000. Fontaine’s Auction Gallery image

PITTSFIELD, MASS. – Expected to drive Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s antiques and estates auction on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 11 a.m. Eastern time will be seven antique and vintage cars along with a select grouping of fine luxury goods ranging from Tiffany Studios lamps to silver and bronze decorative pieces. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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70-year Americana collection rings up $2.3M at Morphy’s

Fine French fusil de chasse [hunting musket] with wampum bead decoration, dated 1759. Top lot of the sale: $102,000
DENVER, Pa. – Only once in a blue moon does a collector like the late Walter J. O’Connor come along. Those who attended or bid from afar as Morphy’s auctioned the late Mr. O’Connor’s pre-eminent collection of historical Americana could attest to that, whether they knew him or not. The $2.3 million sale held on September 26 showcased his assemblage of early American rarities – most of them antique military firearms, accoutrements and ephemera – that simply had no peer in private hands. From hand-drawn Revolutionary War maps and George Washington signed letters to a grouping of late-17th/early 18th-century engraved powder horns, the 70-year O’Connor collection had them all and had the best.

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Rago Auctions to sell Allan Stone collection of tribal art Oct. 19

Lobala, buffalo-form slit gong, Congo, 20th century, carved wood, 30 x 99 x 22 inches. Estimate: $20,000-$40,000. Rago Auctions image

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – On Oct. 19-21, Rago Auctions will host three auctions that showcase both important and historic works of art and design. This three-day auction series begins on Friday, Oct. 19, with Tribal Art from the Collection of Allan Stone and other owners, featuring art from Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Tiffany lamps propel Cottone Auctions to $2.7M sale day

Tiffany Studios leaded glass and patinated bronze Nasturtium table lamp on an adjustable library base, 32in tall, 22in shade. Price realized: $134,520. Cottone Auctions image

GENESEO, N.Y. – Five gorgeous early 20th-century Tiffany Studios table lamps sold for a combined $465,510 and a dazzling five-carat fancy vivid yellow diamond ring fetched $206,500 at a Fine Art & Antique Auction held Sept. 29 by Cottone Auctions. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Jasper52 toasts Mid-Century Modern designs Oct. 16

Pair of armchairs by Kurt Ostervig for Jason Møbler, model 301 in teak, 1956, excellent condition. Estimate: $13,000-$16,000. Jasper52 image

NEW YORK – Mid-Century Modern is celebrated in innovative and stylish designs offered in a Jasper52 online auction on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Clean lines, organic contours and stylish functionality are all present in this specially curated sale. Furniture, lighting, glassware and other home furnishings fill the 151-lot auction catalog dubbed Sleek Designs: The Mid-Century Modern Sale. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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