Source : Cottone

Source Title Cottone Auctions
Description

Cottone Auctions, located in the western New York town of Geneseo, opened its doors in 2002. However, proprietor and auctioneer Sam Cottone had been running auctions since 1985. The firm presents some of the better items to reach the market from homes in western New York and nearby Canada, including a Whistler painting that had graced a Geneseo home for a century. It sold for $1 million. Books sometimes make there way into Cottone's auctions, including an Audubon octavo which sold for $71,500.
Scope of Text
Total Records in AED 115
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.