November 8th
2008 Important Antique Clock Auction Starting at 10am
(FREE FULL COLOR CATALOG - Call 413-448-8922)
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DISCOVERY
SESSION, November 8th
Starting at
10:00 a.m.
The
discovery auction will
feature over 200
uncatalogued clocks. You
must be in person at the
gallery to preview and bid
on these clocks as they are
uncatalogued and are sold as
is. We will be selling the
discovery auction clocks in
the 3 hours preceding the
main catalogue auction
event.
MAIN CATALOGUE SESSION
November 8th starting at
1:00 p.m
The
main auction will feature
275 catalogued
clocks to be sold in
numbered order. You can bid
with confidence whether you
are present in the gallery,
on the phone, absentee
bidding or
www.ProxiBid.com/fontainesauction
, EBAY live,
www.auctionnetwork.com, as
these clocks will be sold
fully described and
guaranteed.
Previews:
Friday November 7th 10:00 am –
5:00 pm
Saturday November 8th 8:00 am –
10:00 am
Addendum List
| 15 |
The box is
not signed on a inlaid bone
plaque “1813”. |
| 34 |
The glass
around the dial has been
rotated, it now lines up square
with the dial. |
| 58 |
The etched
glass pendulum is not shown in
any photographs, it hangs in
front of the calendar dial |
| 148 |
Early Connecticut 30
hour time and strike
mantle clock with carved
splat, carved paw feet
and fluted columns. This
clock has an extremely
unusual round
skeletonized time and
strike brass movement
with rack and snail
striking system and a
very unusual pin pallet
escapement. The clock
has 2 period cast iron
weights, a painted metal
dial with black Roman
hour numerals and
mismatched hour and
minute hands. The lower
reverse painted table is
a replacement. The
mahogany veneer case has
an upper and lower door
locks and a period door
knob. The skeletonized
brass movement has
characteristics of an
early “Salem Bridge”
style or Silas B. S
Terry brass movement.
This movement is round
and is very early and
extremely interesting. |
|
165 |
There is a very minor
break and repair to the
top of the leafy
filigree on the left
side of the clock,
original piece has been
reattached. |
Auction
Network will broadcast live
streaming
video of the
auction and provide viewers
with real-time, interactive
bidding during the auction.
Online viewers can watch the
action unfold and join in to
bid live against the
auction's
attendees and people around
the world. Auction Network
also delivers adrenaline-fueled
entertainment, exclusive
previews of items and the
historic, emotional stories
associated
with them.
Auction to
include over 450 lots:
E. Howard
Astronomical #61, United States
Clock Co. Floor Standing
Astronomical Regulator, Other
Astronomical Regulators, E. Howard
#8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 70, 72, 75 and
others, A Massive E. Howard Exterior
Hanging Double Dial Weight Driven
Clock in Pocket Watch Form, Large E.
Howard Interior Gallery Clock,
Important Eureka Clock Collection,
Howard & Davis Banjo's, Seth Thomas
Weight Driven Regulators #1, 2, 3,
7, Office Calendar #1, Office
Calendar #4, Parlor #10, Gallery
Clocks, 30 Day Library Clocks, Lobby
Clocks, Ithaca Calendar Clocks
including Belgrade, #2 Bank
Calendar, Shelf Calendars, Wall
Calendars, Massive Ithaca Shelf
Calendar Clock, Kroeber Clocks,
Elmer O. Stennes Weight Driven
Banjo's and Lyres, Many Weight
Driven Banjo Clocks, Waltham No. 34,
Waltham Weight Driven Banjo Clocks,
Conlon Girandole, Collection of 30
Ansonia Royal Bonn China Clocks,
Ripple Steeple, Ripple Bee Hive,
Double Fusee's, Wagon Springs,
Double Steeples, Ferris Wheel Clock,
French Industrial Clocks, American
and French Swingers, Welch Gerster
VP, Early Connecticut Pillar
& Scrolls, Carved Column & Splats,
Ogee Clocks, Double Deckers, Henry
Sperry, Terry Clocks, Early Jerome,
Clocks with East West Woodworks
Torrington Movements, Triple
Decker's, Kirks Patent Clock,
Chelsea & Seth Thomas ships bells
clocks, Ansonia General, Queen Anne,
Waterbury clocks, E. N. Welch
Clocks, Tramp Art Clock and Fretwork
Clocks, New Haven Weight Driven
Banjo, Bradley & Hubbard Blinking
Eye Sambo and Topsey Figural Clocks,
French Mantle Clocks, Many Early
Connecticut Wood Cased Shelf Clocks,
Crystal Regulators, Jewelers
Pinwheel Regulators, Grandfather
Clocks, New Hampshire Mirror Clock,
Massive Floor Standing Jeweler's
Regulator, English Skeleton Clocks
and a large amount of clocks too
numerous to mention that will be in
the discovery auction before the
catalog sale.
Please let us know if you would
like our Antique Clock Auction
Catalog mailed to you. As this
is a very specialized auction, we
are only mailing this full color
catalog upon request. If you are
on our mailing list, please call and
let us know you would like this
catalog also.
Location: Fontaine's Auction
Gallery 1485 West Housatonic St,
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Phone: 413-448-8922
Condition
Reports & Clock
Descriptions:
Once again we
are pleased to be assisted
in the preparation of this
auction and catalogue by
Steven N. Mitchell, Watch &
Clock Consultant. Steve has
painstakingly examined each
clock, removed the dial and
thoroughly checked each item
listed in the catalogue for
condition and authenticity.
Steve is a watchmaker and
clockmaker by trade. He
apprenticed under Daniel J.
Bosworth of Concord New
Hampshire for 6 years and
formed a partnership and
corporation with Mr.
Bosworth of Mitchell &
Bosworth Inc. that has been
in operation since 1986.
Steve was owner and
auctioneer of "Time & Strike
Auction Co." of Allenstown,
New Hampshire. The firm
specialized in the sale of
antique pocket watches,
wristwatches and clocks for
7 years from 1997 to 2004.
Steve presently practices
antique pocket watch,
wristwatch and clock
restoration out of his shop
in Concord, New Hampshire.
He will be in the gallery on
the preview and auction days
from November 7th thru
November 8th . If you have any
questions about the clocks
in this auction or
descriptions in the
catalogue, please call the
gallery at 413-448-8922 or
visit Steve in person at the
gallery.
View the entire lot listing
on one page - click here
Antique Clock Auction
Listing
ABOUT 450
RARE, VINTAGE CLOCKS,
INCLUDING AN E. HOWARD
ASTRONOMICAL #61, WILL BE
SOLD AT A TWO-SESSION
IMPORTANT CLOCK AUCTION NOV.
8 AT FONTAINE'S
(Pittsfield,
Mass.) - Over 450 vintage
collectible clocks – many of
them exceedingly rare and
museum-quality pieces, to
include an E. Howard
astronomical #61 – will be
sold in a two-session sale
slated for Saturday, Nov. 8,
by Fontaine's Auction
Gallery, beginning at 10
a.m. The sale will be held
at Fontaine's spacious
showroom facility, located
at 1485 West Housatonic
Street in Pittsfield, Mass.
A Discovery Session will
kick off the action,
featuring over 200
uncatalogued clocks. Bidders
must be in person, at the
gallery, to preview and bid
on these lots, as they are
uncatalogued and will be
sold as-is. The Main Catalog
Session, with about 250
cataloged clocks, will be
sold in numbered order,
starting at 1 p.m. These
lots may be bid on at the
gallery; by phone or
absentee bid; or via the
Internet.
Internet bidding will be
facilitated through multiple
platforms -- Proxibid, eBay
Live Auctions and a new
player in the online bidding
arena,
www.auctionnetwork.com.
Auctionnetwork.com will
broadcast live streaming
video of the auction, in
high-definition, and provide
viewers with real-time,
interactive bidding, as well
as exclusive lot previews
and many emotional stories
associated with them.
In June, Fontaine's
auctioned a magnificent E.
Howard & Co. #61
astronomical floor
regulator, consigned from an
estate in Baltimore and
never before offered for
sale, for $195,500. It was
the top lot of the sale and
the second highest amount
ever paid for a Howard #61
astronomical regulator. “The
one we're selling in the
November auction is even
nicer,” said John Fontaine
of Fontaine's Auction
Gallery.
The Howard clock was made in
1874 and probably then sold
for $800. At the Nov. 8
sale, it is expected to
easily sail past the
$100,000 mark. The case is
carved walnut, with burled
trim in excellent condition.
All case parts are original
and in excellent condition.
The movement has a Graham
dead beat escapement with
red ruby pallets. The clock
has outstanding maintaining
power and a full Geneva
stop.
Other clocks expected to do
well in the sale follow.
Most are from the Main
Catalog Session.
· French Empire swinging
lyre mantle clock – Ebonized
lyre case has applied gilt
brass mounts, with
cornucopias of fruit and
flowers on the arms. In very
good overall condition, with
repaired crutch.
· E.N. Welch jewelers
regulator – Fantastic and
massive, this clock has a
nice set of hands with a
good sweep second hand.
Other features include a
nice porcelain dial and
French brass movement.
· E. Howard & Co.
custom-made fancy gallery
clock – Made to be built
into the upper gallery of a
church or public building.
Similar to the E. Howard
Model 140. Mahogany case.
Needs some TLC.
· French industrial beam
engine automated clock –
Case features a beam engine
with a long cross at the
top, large flywheel in the
back and many moving
mechanics. Movement is
operated separately.
· French figural 3-piece
gargoyle musical clock –
Polychrome pelter case shows
a large winged gargoyle in
red robe and hood, sitting
on a base drum playing music
with a mallet and a cymbal.
· Waterbury “Topsey”
blinking eye clock – Cast
iron clock with a nice,
original 2.75-inch dial and
good hands. Eyes and
movement are original.
Appears to have original
paint; in fine condition.
· Birge & Fuller wagon
spring “double steeple”
mantle clock – A nice
example of a wagon spring
clock, with unsigned brass
30-hour time and strike
“lyre” style brass movement
with wagon spring.
· Elmer O. Stennes lyre
banjo clock – Has a clean
6.75-inch dial and hands
with a typical brass 8-day
weight driven movement with
original weight. Reverse
painted glass behind wood
“lyre” throat.
· E. Howard & Co. Model #72
wall regulator – Time-only
clock with Graham dead beat
escapement. The case is
black walnut, 5-foot, 4
inches tall, with 12-inch
dial. Typical weight has
gilt paint on it.
· Ithaca No. 7 hanging
cottage calendar clock –
Good original dials have
slight imperfections. Has an
8-inch calendar dial and
7-inch time dial. Clock has
good hands and all of its
finials and drops.
· Ansonia “antique hanging”
clock – Has all decorative
trimmings intact, good
original weights, pendulum
bob and inset decorative
panel. Great hands and a
nice 9.5-inch dial. Mahogany
case.
· French figural bronze and
marble annular clock –
Features two figural nude
women embracing a tall
torchier, reaching up to
light it with small torches
in their right hands. Very
nice and clean.
· Seth Thomas “Regulator #7”
wall clock – The shorter
version of the #7. Has a
nice 11-inch dial with an
original surface and
original hands. Has a good
pendulum bob with typical
brass weight.
· Gilbert “Maranville”
office drop calendar – This
clock has a Maranville
patent calendar with an
original double dial. Has a
14-inch dial, good hands, a
good calendar hand and good
pendulum bob.
· Ithaca “No. 2 Bank”
calendar clock – Has good
original dials and good
hands. The 61-inch-tall case
is in very nice condition,
with a soft dark surface.
Good upper and lower dials
and calendar hand.
· French cloisonne repeater
carriage clock – An 8-day
time, strike and alarm brass
cloisonne clock, about 4
inches wide by 8 inches
tall. Has a good quality
French brass movement and
solid platform.
· Charles Frodsham London
boxed chronometer – Outer
wood box appears to be
original and is marked in
chalk on the inside “1813.”
Inner box has lock and key.
Runs, but not for a full 24
hours.
· Austrian astronomical wall
regulator with Mean &
Sidereal time – Period 1840
rosewood case has glazed
door glass and side panels.
The white enamel 9-inch dial
is signed “D. Endler in
Prag.”
· French gilt bronze and
porcelain figural annular
clock – Top shows a pair of
figural putti, one with
wings, holding a torch and
flowers, leaning on a small
sphere. Below is a porcelain
annular dial.
· Gilt bronze French figural
annular mantle clock – Two
figural winged putti
standing on a white marble
platform with bronze mounts,
balancing the clock case on
a marble and bronze
pedestal.
· Seth Thomas “Regulator #5”
weight driven wall clock – A
very nice clock with
original, readable dial.
Hands are blued spade form;
refinished case has all its
drops and finials; correct
pendulum.
Previews will be held
Friday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m., and Saturday,
Nov. 8, from 8 a.m. to 10
a.m. A free, full-color
catalog is available by
calling 413-448-8922.
Fontaine's Auction Gallery
is always accepting quality
consignments for future
sales. To consign a single
item, an estate or an entire
collection, you may call
them directly, at
413-448-8922. Or, e-mail
them at
info@fontaineauction.com.
To learn more about Fontaine
Auction Gallery and the Nov.
8 Important Antique Clock
Auction, please log on to
www.fontainesauction.net
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