RAREST DUFFNER STAINED GLASS ARTS N CRAFTS HANGING LAMP Start Price USD 50,000.00 Current Price USD 50,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 End Time Monday, July 28, 2008 Location Varied Westchester County Estates See more about 'RAREST DUFFNER STAINED GLASS ARTS N CRAFTS HANGING LAMP' Description Sell more with every listing. Get Vendio Gallery today!If you are into the Arts & Crafts period or are a noted Lamp Collector with a large collection of Tiffany and Duffner Lamps the one thing you are always looking for is that Unique Lamp produced by one of the top makers in Vintage lighting,Tiffany Studios and Duffner & Kimberly Lamps. Please view this Duffner & Kimberly Art & Crafts hanging shade.and view each and every picture slowly..Digest this Lamps Beauty. It is Outstanding in every respect. If you need a Unique Shade to go over your finest Arts n Crafts Stickley Table or if you are the owner of a  Vintage High End Classic Pool  and or Billiard table It will be complete with this Duffner Shade atop.I say unique because there are no others like this hanging Shade on the Market or to the best of my knowledge in anyones collection or Museum..I notice in the June 2008 Newtown Bee Antique and Arts weekly that a very well known Maine auctioneer is running a Fine Lamp auction and his featured lamp is a Duffner & Kimberly Viking Table Lamp..Auction House estimate on said Duffner Viking lamp is 60 to 80 Thousand dollars.No doubt a beautiful lamp however if you have the money I can get  you 2 or 3 Duffner Viking lamps within one to two weeks time..It''s when you have all the money in the World and you'd like to buy this particular Duffner shade and your not able to (with all your money) that you know you have a Unique Duffner Lamp or better put Duffner's Rarest of the Rare.This Hanging shade is a Duffner and Kimberly Lamp and is Guaranteed as such and made in the Arts and Crafts period. To date and with over 45 years in the Antique Lighting Business I have only seen one similar lamp, however it was a small table lamp also carrying hand painted stained glass panels and similar Bronze housing with the same style. This Lamp was also signed Duffner & Kimberly and was sold by John Fontaine Auctions maybe 6 years ago..If you have John's catalog's you will see it pictured..To condense my description this lamp/shade is 100% guaranteed  as being made by Duffner & Kimberly. The shade  most probably was  made as a special order for a very important client.The glass panels have been attributed to John LaFarge's studio.To wit my coining this shade Duffner's Rarest of the Rare..It may have been the customers  intent  to have this fixture over a pool or Billiard Table, I do not really know..but if you've spent over 75K for your vintage Victorian Pool table you deserve to have a Unique Lighting Fixture to complete its Beauty.I say once more If I were to give you 150 thousand dollars you could not get me another Duffner Hanging shade like this with its original hardware.This is The Rarest of the Rare and if this were to be offered at the Maine Fine Lamp Auction I can imagine seeing an estimate of 150K to 200K for it..On this plateau of Vintage Lighting fixtures in the Antique World Rarity counts.... and counts BIG !!..It would be the crown in anyones Lamp collection or in any Museum..Please include Tiffany in this equation also. Because with the right money I can purchase you most any Tiffany Lamp ever produced..Unique is a most powerful word in the Antiques Business. I make this auction as the absolute best buy on all of Ebay and the Duffner of your dreams.Today, the value of Duffner and Kimberly lamps is based on the same properties that make a Tiffany Studios lamp special and adding to its rartity the Duffner firm was in business only a very short time and their lamp output was minimal.. The most ornate, most intricate and most original lamps all command a premium price on todays market. Although the market now is very soft the best of the best continue to top out at World rtecord prices..It seems the high end is not affected by the markets softness.     It is no coincidence that, as with all Victorian collectibles,the accent is on “most.” Prices of Duffner and Kimberly lamps are escalating as an appreciation of the workmanship and limited quality of their product, all American mosaic glass makers at the turn of the last century are burgeoning but I'm discussing the top end only. The Duffner Company was in business just a few years and their output of High End Lamps was a tiny fraction of what their competitor Tiffany Studios was. The shade has  bronze fittings holding the amazing stained glass panels and in fact each panel was attributed to LaFarge Studios..The Shade measures 51,1/2"Long..the width is 25" and the Height is 17"..This shade is Guaranteed to be made by  the firm of Duffner and Kimberly..The stylized Arts & Crafts Bronze Frame has wonderful and all original patina....You can buy as many Duffner Louis the XIII XIV  XV or XVI or their Viking  model and we have all seen quite a few of these lamps thru the years..Beautiful YES ....Unique NO..How many of you advanced collectors have seen another Duffner Shade like this?...Fontaine's similar Duffner & Kimberly table lamp was signed Duffner & Kimberly and was approx 24" high and was guaranteed to be made by the Duffner firm.... But it was not anywhere in the scope of this massive beauty of Lighting design and Artwork in Stained glass.  This Shade is a masterpiece. One cannot properly express or describe the beauty of this Lamp when it is lit up..It really has to be seen live and up close...The condition is Excellent and you are buying a Duffner and Kimberly that for all intensive purposes is Unique in the marketplace..How many other Tiffany or Duffner lamps can you say that about...Sensational in every respect of the word...Fixture will be professionally packed and crated and shipped fully insured by Antiquarian Hauler to your Estate..Unique and spectacular. A prize for any major Estate's Recreation room,anyones Arts and Crafts decorated room or any Museum, Casino Pool room or high end Pool lounge, With this Duffner & Kimberly hanging above your Pool table or Stickley table, you are the Man or Lady that has it all.. ...Please click below anywhere on my Guarantee or on any of my pictures to bring you to my current offerings up for bid and my Ebay Store. Naruko offers the Best and most Unusual in High end Antiques Decorative Arts and Carved marble Architectural offerings............This Duffner & Kimberly Shade is the Zenith of Arts & Crafts Lighting. It is absolutely the Greatest Lamp/Shade I have ever seen............... If Property purchased is materially different from what is represented on this site, the buyer shall have the right within 5 business days of receiving the Property to rescind the transaction and return the Property to the seller, in the same condition as received, at the Buyer's risk, cost and expense. If the item was damaged during shipping, buyer needs to contact the shipper to resolve this matter. Seller will provide any necessary paperwork to help buyer with his/her claim. On Mar-21-05 at 17:53:27 PST, seller added the following information: I always post Exceptional High End Antiques so Be sure to add me to your favorites list! Place a Bid!