Fontaine's two-day Pittsfield sale makes US$5.3m, led by Tiffany Studios lamps

What happened

Fontaine's, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, took US$5.325m at its Fine & Decorative Arts auction on 26–27 September 2026, according to Antiques and The Arts Weekly. Prices in the report include the buyer's premium (the auction house's fee added to the hammer price).

Seven of the top ten lots sold above US$100,000. Six of those seven were Tiffany Studios lighting. The exception was a monumental sterling silver nautical centrepiece, which made US$125,000.

The top lot was a Tiffany Studios Drophead Dragonfly table lamp of about 1910, with dichroic glass (glass that shows different colours depending on the angle), at US$262,500. Its estimate (the auction house's pre-sale price range) was US$120,000–160,000. The source did not say whether estimates include fees.

An early Dragonfly lamp of about 1898 made US$225,000, and a third Dragonfly lamp of about 1905 made US$125,000. A Turtleback Moorish lantern made US$212,500 against an estimate of US$150,000–250,000. A Flowering Bouquet chandelier made US$168,750 and an Oriental Poppy table lamp made US$118,750.

The result sits above Fontaine's February sale. That auction, on 7 February 2026, totalled US$4.6m including premium, according to Overstreet Access. On those figures, and by our own calculation, the September total is about 16 per cent higher.

John Fontaine put the Tiffany group at about US$3m of the February result, roughly two-thirds of the total.

The two sales differ at the very top. February's leading lot, a Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company Moorish chandelier of about 1892, made US$500,000. September had no lot near that level, and its strength came from several Tiffany lamps and fixtures clearing six figures.

Beyond Tiffany, a pair of leaded glass windows attributed to William Morris made US$35,000 against an estimate of US$5,000–7,500. According to Antiques and The Arts Weekly, Fontaine said the last six sales had all been strong.