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MT MORRIS, N.Y. -- Cottone Auctions held its fall Americana sale on October 30

with a full house, and an abundance of phone and absentee bidders

participating in the auction. A variety of items were offered, unreserved,

with many featured pieces being sold for the estate of Doris Nester Pace,

Geneva, N.Y.

Among the Pace items were several pieces of silver, including a seven piece

Tiffany & Co tea service, which brought $12,100, and a Tiffany & Co

candelabra, with four matching candlesticks, which realized $11,100. Both

items sold to a New York City buyer.

A circa 1800 English inlaid mahogany painted lady's tambour desk brought

$9,900, while a Nineteenth Century Irish Chippendale marble-top center table

sold to a Canadian buyer for $5,720.

Several paintings highlighted the sale. An oil on canvas dock scene by A.

Thieme drew much interest from around the country, with 14 phone bidders

participating. The work sold to the floor for $36,300. An oil on canvas by Wm

Haseltine sold to a New England buyer for $10,450, as did an oil on canvas

winter scene by Emile Gruppe, which brought $7,150.

Arts and Crafts pieces were also offered. A monumental 28 inch Daum Nancy

enameled cameo winter scene vase with crows sold to a New York collector for

$20,900. An 11 inch Grueby vase, with applied handles and minor chips found in

an abandoned building, realized $6,325. A Tiffany crocus lamp sold for

$14,300.

Furniture included two period George, III, banquet tables: A four pedestal

mahogany example with some old restorations brought $18,700, while a three

pedestal table sold for $9,350.

A Pennsylvania cherry tall chest in original finish sold for $4,400; a

Pennsylvania Eighteenth Century walnut two piece wall cupboard brought $7,700;

a tiger maple one board top table sold for $4,125; and a tiger maple and

mahogany drop front desk sold for $3,300; a curly maple bench brought $2,750.

Accessories included a watercolor still life basket of fruit, circa 1840,

which sold for $1,650; a redware jar, which realized $2,800; a Nineteenth

Century gilded banner weathervane, which brought $2,100; and an Adams

Staffordshire platter, which sold for $1,210.

A pair of portraits from Ithaca, N.Y., sold for $4,510, while an early

Nineteenth Century portrait brought $2,530. A folky miniature Northwest Coast

totem pole sold to a New York buyer for $1,540. A gilded bronze sinumbra lamp

sold to a Virginia collector for $2,750, while a massive French marble and

bronze figural shelf clock went for $5,775.

A marble statue of a young girl holding a basket signed C. Lapini, brought

$4,620; a 36 inch bronze water boy, signed D. Bebut, realized $3,960; and a

carved wooden carousel horse, signed C.W. Parker, with some restoration, sold

for $2,640.

On November 13 and 14, the firm sold the lifetime estate collection of Paul

Haidvogel from Buffalo, N.Y., an avid toy train dealer and collector for more

than 40 years. Toys, advertising, and collectibles were sold on Friday

evening; trains and accessories were dispersed on Saturday.

Highlights from Friday's sale included an oil on canvas of a train overlooking

Niagara Falls from the Canadian side. The painting sold to a Canadian

collector for $8,250. An Oliver Plows tin advertising sign brought $3,520,

while a Niagara Falls Insurance Company reverse painted on glass advertising

sign brought $1,040. A Baird advertising clock realized $1,310. A

hand-colored, 1855 paper advertising sign for the Great American Lakeshore

Railroad sold for $3,410.

Mechanical banks were the hot items on Friday. A "Girl Skipping Rope" bank,

missing part of the mechanism, realized $13,200. A late addition to the sale,

which went without prior advertising, was an Empire Cinema bank, which sold to

a collector for $14,300.

A colorful carved and painted Noah's Ark, with 48 figures, brought $2,420.

Several Schoenhut animals were sold: a leopard brought $715, a zebra reached

$550, a lion and a cow each realized $522.50, and a buffalo went for $440. All

had glass eyes and good paint.

A Sparton model 500 Bakelite radio, in original condition, realized $3,200,

while a Kurtzman glass phonograph sold for $1,650. A German tin lithographed

Carrette limo with clockwork mechanism sold for $4,950, while an early,

hand-painted tin locomotive, also with clockwork mechanism, realized $2,475.

Several lots of marbles were offered, the top lot being a ‹ inch gold Lutz

swirl marble, which brought $550.

On Saturday, 400 lots of trains and accessories were sold, which included

Lionel, American Flyer, Boucher, Ives and hundreds of parts. Some items of

interest includes three lots of train passes collected from various railroads

across the country. The three lots, consisting of approximately 250 passes,

realized a total of $7,590.

An interesting presentation carte de visite photo album brought $770; a rare

Lionel prototype engine sold for $4,400; three Boucher passenger cars brought

$4,675; and a Boucher engine and tender realized $3,500. Several train

stations were sold: an Ives station, with glass dome, brought $1,540, while

another Ives station with litho roof, brought $852.50.

Prices quoted do not include a ten percent buyer's premium. For information,

716/658-3119.