Saturday, January 11th, 2014 at 11 AM EST
THE RANDY GOTTESFELD COLLECTION, GASLIGHT TIME: (PART 1) This auction will be headlined by the unreserved contents of the home, shop and personal collection of Randy Gottesfeld of Gaslight Time in Brooklyn NY. After acquiring and restoring his historic Brooklyn brownstone in the 1970’s, Randy’s interest turned to 19th century lighting and continued with clocks thus giving his store the well known name Gaslight Time. After 40 years Randy has decided to retire and Fontaine’s Auction Gallery has been comissioned to sell the unreserved collection he has amassed over 4 decades. This diversified 300 lot auction will include 19th century furniture by John H. Belter, J & J.W. Meeks, Alexander Roux, R.J. Horner, Herter Bros, etc., Exceptional 19th Century Lighting & Chandeliers, Marble & Bronze Statuary, Porcelains, Art Glass, Cameo Glass, Sterling Silver, Jewelry & Watches, Leaded Windows, Paintings, Pottery, plus hundreds of decorative accessories. In our February 22nd auction we will feature the lamp collection of Randy Gottesfeld, Gaslight Time (Part 2), to include dozens of 19th Century lighting fixtures as well as matching sets of hundreds of etched glass & cut glass gas shades of all descriptions.