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JEWELLERY AND WATCHES AT JAMES ADAM

Monday, May 13th, 2013

THE auction of fine jewellery and watches at James Adam in Dublin on May 22 comprises 225 lots with everything from solitaire diamond rings to pendants, brooches, bracelets, earrings, necklaces, dress pins and watches to tempt collectors.   Here is a small selection. The catalogue is on-line.

A 3.2 carat diamond single stone ring is estimated at 15,000-20,000. (Click on image to enlarge).

A 3.2 carat diamond single stone ring is estimated at 15,000-20,000. (Click on image to enlarge).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 16,000.

A lady's 18 carat gold and diamond Tank Americaine by Cartier (8,000-10,000). (Click on image to enlarge).

A lady’s 18 carat gold and diamond Tank Americaine by Cartier (8,000-10,000). (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,000

A pair of Art Deco diamond earrings is estimated at 400-600. (Click to enlarge).

A pair of Art Deco diamond earrings is estimated at 400-600. (Click to enlarge).  UPDATE: THESE MADE 400

A 19th century diamond bracelet (4,000-6,000). (Click on image to enlarge).

A 19th century diamond bracelet (4,000-6,000). (Click on image to enlarge).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,000

a 4.95 carat diamond ring is estimated at 25,000-35,000. (Click on image to enlarge).

a 4.95 carat diamond ring is estimated at 25,000-35,000. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE 25,000

A multi-coloured gem set bracelet is estimated at 500-800.

A multi-coloured gem set bracelet is estimated at 500-800.  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.

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BEATLES GUITAR ON DISPLAY AT NEWBRIDGE MUSEUM

Sunday, April 14th, 2013

This Vox guitar was played by both John Lennon and George Harrison.  UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR $408,000

A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison, is to be exhibited at the Newbridge Silverware Museum of Style Icons in County Kildare from April 16 until May 8.  The Beatles’ guitar is being exhibited in Ireland prior to being sold by Julien’s Auctions in New York on May 18.  The Vox guitar, which was custom built by Mike Bennett and Dickey Denney, was gifted to “Magic Alex” Mardas by John Lennon in 1967.  It is estimated at $200,000-300,000.

The museum in Newbridge has acquired the 1963 coat designed by Hollywood designer Edith Head and worn by actress Tippi Hedren to the premier of The Birds.  Ms Hedren wore the coat at the premieres in Cannes and London. The coat was picked up  last weekend at the Hollywood Legends auction at Julien’s Auctions Beverly Hills gallery.  The museum displays articles associated with stars including Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Bette Davis,  Gloria Swanson, Barbara Streisand, Julie Andrews, Vivien Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Jean Simmons, Sarah Jessica Parker and Barbara Stanwyck.

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NEWLY ACQUIRED CROSS ON VIEW AT NATIONAL MUSEUM, KILDARE ST.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

An image of the mid-15th century cross; copyright National Museum of Ireland. (Click on image to enlarge).

A newly acquired mid-15th century copper alloy cross from Co. Waterford has just gone on view at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St., Dublin. The cross was donated by the Madden family on behalf of their late mother, Mrs. Bridget Madden (née Kelly) of Ferrybank, Waterford. Possibly from Caorbally, near Dunmore East, the cross was in in the possession of Mrs Madden’s family for several generations. Its exact provenance is unknown.
This is one of about a dozen later medieval period altar crosses known from Ireland. Such crosses were made in England in the 15th and 16th centuries and are found throughout western Europe. Relatively simple in design the front is decorated in a foliate pattern and the four evangelists are represented on the cross terminals and base. There is also an undecorated space on the front where a crucifixion figure would originally have been mounted. There is an ‘IHC’ monogram on the back of each terminal and on the base representing the Greek version of the first three letters of the name of Christ. It is mounted on a separate lobed pedestal, likely to be of a date later than the 15th century.

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101.73 CARATS OF PERFECTION AT CHRISTIE’S IN MAY

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

A pear-shaped, D colour, Type IIA, Flawless, diamond of 101.73 carats. Christie’s Images Ltd., 2013. (Click on image to enlarge).  UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR $26.7 MILLION US DOLLARS.

ONE of the world’s most perfect diamonds will be sold by Christie’s in Geneva on May 15. The 101.73 carat stone is offered for sale for the  first time. The rough diamond of 236 carats was found at the Jwaneng Mine in Botswana and took 21 months to polish. It is one of the largest pear shaped diamonds known to date and is one of the world’s most perfect diamonds. It is a D colour, Type IIA Flawless gem.  Christie’s say the estimate for the stone is on request. Outside estimates suggest it could make up to $20 million.
Rahul Kadakia, Head of Jewellery, Christie’s Switzerland and Americas said: “This diamond is in its scale, quality, and rarity one of the most beautiful ‘white’ diamonds Christie’s has ever had the honour of offering for sale.’
Out of a total annual worldwide diamond production in excess of 100 million carats, the Gemological Institute of America estimates there are no more than 600 diamond crystals that finish as polished stones between one and two carats and that are D color, flawless clarity. Above ten carats this figure decreases dramatically, at 101.73 carats it is not only an exceptional rarity but a grand event in the world of gems and jewellery.
The successful buyer of this 101.73 carat superb gemstone will have the privilege of establishing his or her own legacy by endowing this extraordinary diamond with a name.

UPDATE: The diamond made $26.7 million US dollars in a sale which saw 20 lots make more than $1 million with buyers from 31 countries across five continents. The diamond was named the Winston Legacy after the new owner.

Rahul Kadakia, Head of Jewellery, Christie’s Switzerland and Americas, declared: “Harry Winston acquired the most perfect diamond ever offered for sale at auction, ‘Winston Legacy’, continuing the tradition of buying and selling only the very best, a trait of the founder Mr. Winston himself. World record prices were set for diamonds, pearls and sapphires, thereby firmly establishing the international appetite for the most beautiful gems and jewels in a record-breaking $102 million auction at Christie’s Geneva”.

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EILEEN GRAY RETROSPECTIVE AT CENTRE POMPIDOU IN PARIS

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

Villa E 1027, Eileen Gray et Jean Badovici, vue du salon Centre Pompidou, Bibliothèque Kandinsky. Photo Alan Irvine.

Furniture, photographs, scale models and documents by Eileen Gray (1878-1976) are featured in a retrospective by the Irish designer at the Centre Pompidou in Paris until May 20. The exhibition pays tribute to a designer of genius, whose work traverses the Art Deco period and the Modern Movement. Along with Le Corbusier and Mies Van Der Rohe, Eileen Gray ranks among the architects and designers who have left a significant mark on the 20th century and defined modernity. One of the leading figures in French decorative arts in the 1910′s and 1920′s Gray continues to inspire artists to this day in fields ranging from photography to textiles, from lacquer painting to architecture.

She never developed industrial production. Each of her pieces is unique and rare.  Gray’s masterpiece – a manifesto of modernity – remains the house E1027, built in Roquebrune, Cap-Martin in 1929, in close collaboration with Romanian architect Jean Badovici.

Centre Pompidou say the exhibition highlights the career and the work of an artist who managed to associate tremendous technical virtuosity with an inimitable poetic force, excelling particularly in lacquer and textiles, but also in a new conception of space and of the relationship to furniture and objects.

The catalogue and album (bilingual) is published by Éditions du Centre Pompidou under the direction of curator Cloé Pitiot. Taking place against the background of Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union Culture Ireland, the Centre Culturel Irlandais and the Embassy of Ireland in Paris are delighted to be associated with this retrospective. (Click on any image to enlarge it).

Fauteuil Sirène, circa 1919 Bois laqué, velours Acheté par la chanteuse Damia à la galerie Jean Désert en 1923. Anthony DeLorenzo © photo : Anthony DeLorenzo

Dining room chair, 1926-1929 Nickel-plated steel, brown leather Furniture from the villa E 1027 Donation from the Société des amis du Musée national d’art moderne, 2011 Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris © DR

Fauteuil Bibendum, circa 1930 Métal chromé, toile Mobilier provenant de la collection de Mme Tachard Collection privée © photo : Monsieur Christian Baraja, Studio SLB

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SOTHEBY’S ACHIEVES $460.5 MILLION IN JEWELLERY SALES IN 2012, HIGHEST EVER TOTAL

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

The Beau Sancy, a 34.98 carat diamond worn in the crown of Marie de Medici at her coronation as Queen Consort of Henri IV in 1610, made $9,699,618 in Geneva in May

Exceptional diamonds and gemstones, private collections and historical jewels helped Sotheby’s achieve $460.5 million worth of jewellery sales in 2012. This is its highest ever total. There was a new world record in Geneva when a various-owner sale in May brought in $108.4 million. December auctions in New York reached $64.8 million, the company’s highest ever total for a day of jewellery sales. The annual total of $114.5 million in Hong Kong marked the company’s second-biggest year of jewellery and jadeite sales in Asia.
In 2012 Sotheby’s jewellery auctions sold an average of 84% by lot. No less than 72 lots sold for more than $1 million with six above $5 million. Throughout 2012, prominent private collections fuelled strong sale results, featuring jewels owned by Brooke Astor, Estée Lauder, Evelyn H. Lauder, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Suzanne Belperron and Michael Wellby. Sotheby’s held two rare ‘white glove’ auctions – 100% sold by lot – in 2012: Jewels from the Personal Collection of Suzanne Belperron in Geneva in May, and The Jewellery Collection of the Late Michael Wellby in London in December.

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ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE JEWELLERY AT O’REILLY’S OF FRANCIS ST.

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

At Francis St. in Dublin O’Reilly’s first auction of 2013 on Wednesday January 30 features around 400 lots.  There is antique and vintage jewellery, silverware, watches and paintings.  There are diamond solitaire rings and earrings, watches by Chopard, Rolex and Cartier and some gold and gold jewellery.  The catalogue is on-line. Here is a sample:

A diamond and enamel flower brooch by Boucheron (6,000-7,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

A c1920 Art Deco emerald single stone ring mounted in platinum (16,000-18,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 16,400

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IRISH ANTIQUES AND ART WEBSITE ACHIEVES ONE MILLION MONTHLY HITS

Monday, January 14th, 2013

THIS website has just broken the million hits barrier. The attached image from Google’s Webmaster Tools shows that antiquesandartireland.com had one million hits in the month to January 13, 2013.  A big thank you to all readers. (Click on image to enlarge).

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HUGE INTEREST IN ANTIQUESANDARTIRELAND.COM

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Interest in all levels of the art and antiques market is undiminished even in a recession. As the chart below from Google’s Webmaster Tools demonstrates the antiquesandartireland.com website achieved a whopping 800,000 hits in the month from December 4 2012 to January 3, 2013.  They came, in order, from Ireland, the UK, the US, other European countries and the rest of the world even over the valley period of Christmas and New Year.  This website continues to exhibit a high degree of penetration in what is now the global marketplace for the art and antiques market. (Click on image to enlarge it).

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BIRKIN BAG BY HERMES TOPS CHRISTIE’S ON-LINE COUTURE AUCTION

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

A bleu electrique Birkin bag by Hermès, 2011 was the top lot at Christie’s vintage couture on-line auction of handbags and shoes. A private bidder in the US paid £22,500 over a pre-sale estimate of £5,000-8,000.  The sale, which ran for two weeks from November 16 to November 30, brought in £255,500 and was 76% sold by lot and 99% by value.
In a statement afterwards Clare Borthwick, Associate Specialist and Patricia Frost, International Specialist and Director, Vintage Couture and Handbags said: “We are very pleased with the results for the launch of Christie’s Vintage Couture online-only series. The quality craftsmanship and classic silhouette of Hermès bags continues to appeal internationally. Led by an electric blue bag (Lot 13), the bright and unusual colours of the most modern Birkins proved the most popular and commanded the highest prices, more than doubling their pre-sale estimates. Also of note was the price achieved for Chanel’s re-issued 2.55 bag, demonstrating that interest in this market also extends to other brands (Lot 52). Within the shoe offering the top lot was a pair of sandals by Christian Louboutin for Yves Saint Laurent which were limited edition with leather and diamanté ‘YSL’ logo and red soles from 2002 which realised £563 (Lot 51).”
Bidders were from 36 countries and 55% of those who registered were new to Christie’s. The next on-line only series of vintage couture sales at Christie’s will be held in May 2013.

This bleu electrique and thalassa epsom leather candy Birkin bag by Hermès, 2011made £22,500.

These Christian Louboutin sandals for Yves Saint Laurent made £563.

This silver metallic Chanel bag c2007 made £4,375.

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