Monumental Sgn. Tiffany & Co. Makers Sterling Silver Trophy
Hammer Price w/ BP
$7,000
| Lot #: 75 Monumental Sgn. Tiffany & Co. Makers Sterling Silver Trophy |
| Garland, acorns & swirling oak leaves, scroll work & fluted handles. Inscription reads: "Genesee Breeders Association Challenge Cup for Best 2 yr. Old, Presented by the Jockey Club Breeding Bureau." The sterling silver Tiffany cup was the Jockey Club Cup of the Genesee Valley Breeders Association from about 1914, the year in which the Association was founded, until 1944. The piece dates from approximately 1902. Based upon a 1945 newspaper article and photographs taken in 1942 and 1944, the cup was won by Donald Scott of Canaseraga with his horse May Flare in 1942, won again by Mr. Scott in 1943 by his yearling, Poplar Guy, and won again by Mr. Scott in 1944 by his then two-year-old, Poplar Guy. These three successive wins of the Jockey Club Cup caused the cup to be retired to the possession of Mr. Scott in 1944. In the 1942 and 1944 pictures, May Flare and Poplar Guy are pictured with their trainer, Louis Bailey of Geneseo, and Mr. Scott's daughter, Dorothy Scott Elsenheimer. The Jocke |
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Auction Date Sep 25, 2010 |
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