Cottone Auctions

I am originally from Rochester Ny and used Cottone Auctions before my move. I found them the be good people who achieved strong pieces for my merchandise. a pleasure to work with. more

#700 - Jonas Lie (American, 1880-1940) Manhattan\r \r \r Sgn. Lower right, Jonas Lie. Oil/canvas.\r \r \r Jonas Lie was a Norwegian-born artist who received great acclaim for his luminous renderings of New York City. Influenced by Monet’s use of color and light, his unique merging of Impressionism, with a bold, painterly realism, was admired for its potency and vigor. In 1905, three of Lie’s works were exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy in the company of fellow artists Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, William Merritt Chase, and Mary Cassatt. Lie was also actively involved in mounting the famous 1913 Armory Show, where four of his own paintings were shown. Lie was quoted as saying, “Art is not an emotional expression; it is a controlled expression of an emotion.” \r \r This painting of Manhattan, by Jonas Lie, by descent of Emily Sibley Watson, founder of The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY. She was the daughter and daughter-in-law of Western Union co-founders Hiram Sibley & Don A more

For 35 years, Cottone Auctions has had a successful track record of realizing maximum price results and providing prompt payments to consignors. Cottone Auctions endeavors to provide the highest level of personalized customer service to both buyers and sellers before, during and after the auction. Cottone Auctions provide national and international advertising and their auctions feature live, online, phone and absentee bidding with thousands of bidders worldwide.\r \r Cottone Auctions has had the privilege of working closely with many fine institutions and museums including: The Strong Museum, The Memorial Art Gallery, The Rochester Historical Society, The George Eastman House, The Landmark Society of Western New York, The Holland Land Office and The Bradford, PA Library.For 35 years, Cottone Auctions has had a successful track record of realizing maximum price results and providing prompt payments to consignors. Cottone Auctions endeavors to provide the highest level of personalized cus more

GENESEO, N.Y. – A bold original gouache painting by the renowned American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976), titled Loops Filled In, signed lower right and dated (1972), measuring 23 inches by 31 inches, sold for $78,200 at the annual Winter Fine Art & Antiques Auction held March 29th by Cottone Auctions, in the firm’s gallery located at 120 Court Street in Geneseo.\r \r The painting was one of two artworks that brought identical selling prices. The other was a color linocut on Arches paper by Pablo Picasso (Sp., 1881-1973), titled Faunes et Chevre. The work was numbered in pencil lower left (26/50) and on the reverse. Like the Calder, it also fetched $78,200. In all, just under 500 lots came up for bid in an auction that grossed about $1.5 million.\r \r It was a busy day for Cottone Auctions’ staff, which had to tend to a packed house of around 250 people in the gallery, as well as nearly 3,000 approved online bidders (who participated through LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.co more

A++ Auction house Fine Museum quality merchandise.\r Well run and honest. more

GREAT COMPANY GREAT PEOPLE!\r OUTSTANDING RESULTS FOR MY FAMILIES COLLECTION OF TIFFANY LAMPS FINE ART AND ORIENTAL RUGS.\r FAMILY BUSSINES FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND THEY WERE TRULY A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.\r HONEST FOLKS ANSWERED THE PHONE EVERY TIME I CALLED ANSWERED ALL OF MY QUESTION AND CONCERNS IMMEDIATELY.\r I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN ANY REVIEWS BEFORE BUT AFTER READING THE REVIEW FROM THIS DISTURBED /DERANGED INDIVDUAL BELLOW I HAD TO!\r IF ANY OF HIS CLAIMS WERE JUSTIFIED HE WOULD PURSUE THEM IN OTHER WAYS THAN FREE INTERNET FORUMS SEEM LIKE SLANDER TO ME AND HE SHOULD BE ASHAMED!\r more

By far the best auctioneer you will ever find. I am from Ohio, and have had them sell a number of items from my families estate. They market the items globally, and have a very good following. The prices realized were either right on the money, or better! I will continue to use them for all my auction and appraisal needs. The came to Ohio and gave me both written and verbal appraisals, and were happy to take items back to their auction house in NY. One painting they sold for me brought twice the estimate, and was purchased by a collector in Singapore. I could have never been able to find that buyer on my own. I would highly recommend Matt and Sam for a single item or a full estate. more

Truly the most horrible business I have ever dealt with in my entire life. They threatened me, their actual client, with bodily harm when I came to retrieve my items from them. Communication was nonexistent unless you continued to ask for updates. They actually took our items out of the auction we agreed upon and placed them in some other sale on another date without any authorization or permission whatsoever. Seemingly polite initially they turned icy cold when they realized that their perception of value of our items (they are the experts supposedly) was far lower than they imagined. In the end they refused to return a call or answer an email while our items were several hundred miles away their disposition completely unknown to us. When I told Sam Cottone that I was not pleased and that no one had ever treated me worse as a client his only reaction was to threaten me with a hired tubby goon who claimed to be a law enforcement officer of dubious quality. That was it. No apology. No e more

Cottone Auctions in Mt Morris, NY is a top notch auction house. They offer highly quality antiques so prices can be expensive. We find the auctions run smoothly and the people are very helpful and friendly. more